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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV0027707

WARM SPRINGS PSD, Berkeley Springs, WV: NPDES WV0027707 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

WARM SPRINGS PSD holds NPDES permit WV0027707, which discharges to Warm Spring Run/Potomac River/Cacapon. EPA’s file records it issued June 11, 1975 and expiring March 25, 2023. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedWARM SPRINGS PSD
Permittee as filedWARM SPRINGS PSD
NPDES IDWV0027707
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedJune 11, 1975
Expiration dateMarch 25, 2023
AddressBerkeley Springs, WV 25411
Receiving waterWarm Spring Run/Potomac River/Cacapon
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedFox Run-South Branch Potomac River (HUC 020700010608)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

An effluent exceedance is a discharge monitoring report value over the permit’s numeric limit (EPA’s violation code E90). A violation of any kind also counts a report not filed. Each row is EPA’s own count for that pollutant.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Copper, total recoverable66868October 31, 202556,397% over the limit
Flow rate46959April 30, 2025218% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C164036February 29, 2008341% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]83026August 31, 2025460% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general42016September 30, 2015500% over the limit
Solids, total suspended161814January 31, 2017367% over the limit
Zinc, total recoverable61414May 31, 201155,088% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal24312June 30, 2020236% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual297September 30, 2015356% over the limit
Lead, total recoverable466December 31, 200722,122% over the limit
Cadmium, total recoverable244October 31, 201367% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal2333April 30, 2011100% over the limit
Copper, total [as Cu]833April 30, 2026680% over the limit
Zinc, total [as Zn]833March 31, 2024136% over the limit
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]033August 31, 200933% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]111September 30, 20037% over the limit
pH850
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant720
Nitrogen, total [as N]800
Phosphorus, total [as P]800
Lead, total [as Pb]800
Arsenic, total [as As]600
Mercury, total [as Hg]600
Oil and grease, hexane extr method400
Cyanide, total [as CN]400
Selenium, total recoverable400
Cadmium, total [as Cd]400
Chromium, total [as Cr]400
Nickel, total [as Ni]400
Silver, total [as Ag]400
Molybdenum, total recoverable400
Toluene400
Benzene400
Priority Pollutants400
Cyanide, weak acid, dissociable200
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]200
Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr]200
Nickel, total recoverable200
Silver total recoverable200
Aluminum, total recoverable200
Dimethyl phthalate200
Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP]200
Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia200
Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]200

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES limits and effluent violations files (ECHO download); up to 60 rows shown, most exceedances first.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
April 15, 2026Biosolids: Other Management Practice ViolationST6
April 13, 2026Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
April 13, 2026Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
August 19, 2024Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment)ST6
February 28, 2018Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab ErrorST6
February 28, 2018Monitoring Violations - Failure to Monitor for Toxicity RequirementsST6
April 1, 2017Monitoring Violations - Failure to Monitor for Toxicity RequirementsST6

Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not include the inspections, formal enforcement actions and informal enforcement actions files, so this page shows none of them. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO lists this permit’s inspections, enforcement actions and penalties.

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES violation, inspection and enforcement files (ECHO download); up to 50 rows of each shown, newest first.

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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 14, 2026.