Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NC0041696

LAKE RHODHISS WWTP, Valdese, NC: NPDES NC0041696 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MajorDischarger class
14Pollutants under a numeric limit
7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
2Inspections on file
1Formal enforcement actions

LAKE RHODHISS WWTP, held by Town of Valdese, holds NPDES permit NC0041696. EPA’s file records it issued August 22, 2024 and expiring February 28, 2026.

LAKE RHODHISS WWTP, Valdese, North Carolina: Individual permit NC0041696, held by Town of Valdese; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued August 22, 2024, term to February 28, 2026; Sewage Treatment Facilities.

Solids, total suspended: 3 limits, 37 violations of any kind, 32 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2023, largest 1,335% over the limit.
pH: 2 limits, 12 violations of any kind, 12 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2020.
Phenolics, total recoverable: 0 limits, 5 violations of any kind, 5 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2010, largest 224% over the limit.
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 3 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest February 29, 2020, largest 71% over the limit.
Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2023, largest 200% over the limit.
Chlorine, total residual: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2015, largest 125% over the limit.
Mercury, total [as Hg]: 0 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest July 31, 2006, largest 8% over the limit.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 1 limit, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, total [as N]: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Phosphorus, total [as P]: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Temperature, water deg. centigrade: 5 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Conductivity: 5 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 5 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
E. coli: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Peracetic Acid: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

September 15, 2026: Audit (S).
August 27, 2026: State CWA Penalty AO (State), $1,638 state or local penalty.
July 13, 2026: Notice of Violation (State).
June 9, 2026: Notice of Violation (State).
June 8, 2026: Notice of Violation (State).
April 16, 2026: Evaluation (S).
January 22, 2026: Notice of Violation (State).
April 25, 2017: Permit Violations - Unapproved Operation (ST6).

North Carolina holds 95 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 94 were issued before NC0041696. Town of Valdese holds 6 permits in North Carolina.

Other permits held by Town of Valdese

VALDESE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS, Valdese: NCC262544, issued September 3, 2026
VALDESE PUBLIC WORKS, Valdese: NCG080707, issued July 1, 2021
LAKE RHODHISS WWTP, Valdese: NCG110072, issued June 1, 2023
TOWN OF VALDESE, Valdese: NCL041696, issued January 1, 2021
VALDESE TOWN--SMALL MS4, Valdese: NCS000488, issued February 20, 2017

Coverages issued nearest NC0041696

December 13, 2021: NEUSE RIVER RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITY, Raleigh, NC0029033, held by City of Raleigh
July 18, 2023: MILL CREEK WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, Grover, NC0090131, held by City of Kings Mountain
August 21, 2023: ASHEBORO WWTP, Asheboro, NC0026123, held by City of Asheboro
April 30, 2024: BELHAVEN WWTP, Belhaven, NC0026492, held by Town of Belhaven
May 6, 2024: CLEAR CREEK WWTP, Hendersonville, NC0090247, held by Henderson County

LAKE RHODHISS WWTP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 46 discharge permits in the Lower Indian Creek subwatershed (HUC 030501020502), NC0041696 among them.

Other permits in the Lower Indian Creek subwatershed (HUC 030501020502)

2472 BROOK HOLLOW STREET, Morganton: NCG550207, minor permit, permit term to October 31, 2025
3077 STONEY CREEK DRIVE, Valdese: NCG550551, minor permit, permit term to October 31, 2025
3886 MILLER BRIDGE ROAD, Connellys Springs: NCG551760, minor permit, permit term to October 31, 2025
4226 A/B MILLER BRIDGE ROAD, Connelly Spg: NCG550654, minor permit, permit term to October 31, 2025
AMERICAN CONCRETE INC, Morganton: NCG140435, minor permit, permit term to June 30, 2022
AQUAFIL O'MARA INC, Rutherford College: NCG170393, minor permit, permit term to May 31, 2024
BAKER INTERIORS FURNITURE COMPANY, Connellys Springs: NCG180242, minor permit, permit term to May 31, 2024
BURKE COUNTY PIT, Morganton: NCG520105, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2025
CASE FARMS MORGANTON DIVISION, Morganton: NCG060392, minor permit, permit term to June 30, 2026
CATAWBA RIVER POLLUTION CONTROL FACILITY, Morganton: NC0026573, major permit, permit term to February 29, 2020

Identity

Facility as filed	LAKE RHODHISS WWTP
Permittee as filed	Town of Valdese
NPDES ID	NC0041696
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Major discharger
Facility type	Publicly owned treatment works
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	August 22, 2024
Expiration date	February 28, 2026
Address	Valdese, NC 28690
Subwatershed	Lower Indian Creek (HUC 030501020502)
Program components on file	Biosolids, POTW, Pretreatment
NAICS	221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC	4952 – Sewerage Systems

Effluent limits and exceedances

16Pollutants on file
14Under a numeric limit
10With a violation of any kind
7With 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
Solids, total suspended	3	37	32	June 30, 2023	1,335% over the limit
pH	2	12	12	December 31, 2020
Phenolics, total recoverable	0	5	5	March 31, 2010	224% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	3	8	3	February 29, 2020	71% over the limit
Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C	2	4	3	December 31, 2023	200% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual	1	2	2	July 31, 2015	125% over the limit
Mercury, total [as Hg]	0	1	1	July 31, 2006	8% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	1	3	0
Nitrogen, total [as N]	1	2	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	1	1	0
Temperature, water deg. centigrade	5	0	0
Conductivity	5	0	0
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	5	0	0
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	1	0	0
E. coli	1	0	0
Peracetic Acid	1	0	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

1Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
April 25, 2017	Permit Violations - Unapproved Operation	ST6

Inspections

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
September 15, 2026	Audit	S
April 16, 2026	Evaluation	S

Formal enforcement and penalties

1 formal actions, 1 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.

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency	Federal penalty	State or local penalty
August 27, 2026	State CWA Penalty AO	State		$1,638

Informal enforcement

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
July 13, 2026	Notice of Violation	State
June 9, 2026	Notice of Violation	State
June 8, 2026	Notice of Violation	State
January 22, 2026	Notice of Violation	State

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES NC0041696 for the LAKE RHODHISS WWTP in Valdese, NC, held by the Town of Valdese, with a permit status of administratively continued and a discharger class of Major. The facts list 14 for the discharger class, 7 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 7 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, within the Lower Indian Creek watershed (HUC 030501020502).