Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NC0026697

CLAY COUNTY WWTP, Hayesville, NC: NPDES NC0026697 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
9Pollutants under a numeric limit
4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

CLAY COUNTY WWTP, held by Clay County Water & Sewer District, holds NPDES permit NC0026697. EPA’s file records it issued September 1, 2017 and expiring August 31, 2022. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filed	CLAY COUNTY WWTP
Permittee as filed	Clay County Water & Sewer District
NPDES ID	NC0026697
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Publicly owned treatment works
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	September 1, 2017
Expiration date	August 31, 2022
Address	Hayesville, NC 28904
Subwatershed	Headwaters Nantahala River (HUC 060102020302)

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

Effluent limits and exceedances

11Pollutants on file
9Under a numeric limit
11With a violation of any kind
4With an effluent exceedance

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 measure	Limits	Violations, any kind	Effluent exceedances	Latest exceedance	Largest exceedance, as filed
Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C	2	148	8	June 30, 2026	200% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	3	191	4	June 30, 2026	40% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	3	129	3	November 30, 2023	209% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	3	188	1	August 31, 2018	119% over the limit
Temperature, water deg. centigrade	3	106	0
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	3	106	0
Chlorine, total residual	1	103	0
Nitrogen, total [as N]	0	102	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	0	102	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	1	73	0
pH	2	70	0

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

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES NC0026697.

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 15, 2026.

This public-records page covers NPDES permit NC0026697 for the CLAY COUNTY WWTP in Hayesville, NC, held by Clay County Water & Sewer District, a publicly owned treatment works classed as a minor discharger, with its status shown as administratively continued. The page lists 11 pollutants on file, 9 under a numeric limit, 11 with a violation of any kind, and 4 with an effluent exceedance, within the Headwaters Nantahala River (HUC 060102020302) subwatershed.