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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV0086665

ALPINE LAKE WWTP, Terra Alta, WV: NPDES WV0086665 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ALPINE LAKE WWTP, held by ALPINE LAKE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMPANY, holds NPDES permit WV0086665, which discharges to North Branch. EPA’s file records it issued April 2, 1993 and expiring February 22, 2026. 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 filedALPINE LAKE WWTP
Permittee as filedALPINE LAKE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMPANY
NPDES IDWV0086665
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedApril 2, 1993
Expiration dateFebruary 22, 2026
AddressTerra Alta, WV 26764
Receiving waterNORTH BRANCH
SubwatershedSnowy Creek (HUC 050200060103)

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 recoverable2100100December 31, 2025486% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal16363June 30, 2026567% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal15252June 30, 2026567% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]42323August 31, 2021455% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C41818February 28, 2026236% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general21212February 28, 20262,900% over the limit
Zinc, total recoverable21111September 30, 2023142% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant355April 30, 2011250% over the limit
Solids, total suspended433July 31, 2008108% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual262September 30, 20112,147,483,650% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]122July 31, 20206% over the limit
pH211May 31, 2019
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]200
Lead, total recoverable200

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES WV0086665.

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.