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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NC0024911

FRENCH BROAD RIVER WRF, Asheville, NC: NPDES NC0024911 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

FRENCH BROAD RIVER WRF, held by Metropolitan Sewerage District of Buncombe County North Carolina, holds NPDES permit NC0024911. EPA’s file records it issued September 6, 2018 and expiring December 31, 2022.

FRENCH BROAD RIVER WRF, Asheville, North Carolina: Individual permit NC0024911, held by Metropolitan Sewerage District of Buncombe County North Carolina; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued September 6, 2018, term to December 31, 2022; Sewage Treatment Facilities.

  • Solids, total suspended: 3 limits, 22 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2011, largest 1% over the limit.
  • BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 3 limits, 22 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2024, largest 20% over the limit.
  • pH: 2 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest February 29, 2024.
  • Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C: 2 limits, 14 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest June 30, 2018, largest 505% over the limit.
  • Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 5 limits, 7 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest November 30, 2007, largest 100% over the limit.
  • Chlorine, total residual: 1 limit, 3 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest November 30, 2018, largest 293% over the limit.
  • Temperature, water deg. centigrade: 5 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Conductivity: 5 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 1 limit, 5 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 1 limit, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Chv Statre 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • August 4, 2026: Biomonitoring (S).
  • May 21, 2026: Evaluation (S).

North Carolina holds 95 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 24 were issued before NC0024911. Metropolitan Sewerage District of Buncombe County North Carolina holds 3 permits in North Carolina.

Other permits held by Metropolitan Sewerage District of Buncombe County North Carolina

Coverages issued nearest NC0024911

FRENCH BROAD RIVER WRF among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 30 discharge permits in the Clear Creek subwatershed (HUC 060101050302), NC0024911 among them.

Other permits in the Clear Creek subwatershed (HUC 060101050302)

Identity

Facility as filedFRENCH BROAD RIVER WRF
Permittee as filedMetropolitan Sewerage District of Buncombe County North Carolina
NPDES IDNC0024911
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
IssuedSeptember 6, 2018
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2022
AddressAsheville, NC 28814
SubwatershedClear Creek (HUC 060101050302)
Program components on fileBiosolids, POTW, Pretreatment
NAICS221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC4952 – Sewerage Systems

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
Solids, total suspended3222March 31, 20111% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]3222April 30, 202420% over the limit
pH282February 29, 2024
Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C2141June 30, 2018505% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]571November 30, 2007100% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual131November 30, 2018293% over the limit
Temperature, water deg. centigrade560
Conductivity560
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant150
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]140
Chv Statre 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia100

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES NC0024911.

Inspections

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
August 4, 2026BiomonitoringS
May 21, 2026EvaluationS

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES NC0024911.

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What this page shows

The page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES NC0024911 for FRENCH BROAD RIVER WRF in Asheville, NC, held by Metropolitan Sewerage District of Buncombe County North Carolina, with its permit status listed as administratively continued and its discharger class as major. The page lists 11 pollutants under a numeric limit and 6 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and it gives the permit's issue and expiration dates as recorded in EPA's file as of October 14, 2026.