Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NC0049409
WAYNESVILLE WTP, Waynesville, NC: NPDES NC0049409 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 6Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
WAYNESVILLE WTP, held by Town of Waynesville, holds NPDES permit NC0049409. EPA’s file records it issued June 5, 2017 and expiring January 31, 2021. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | WAYNESVILLE WTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Town of Waynesville |
| NPDES ID | NC0049409 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | June 5, 2017 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2021 |
| Address | Waynesville, NC 28786 |
| Subwatershed | Cedar Cliff Lake-Tuckasegee River (HUC 060102030104) |
| NAICS | 221310 – Water Supply and Irrigation Systems |
| SIC | 4941 – Water Supply |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 8Pollutants on file
- 6Under a numeric limit
- 6With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 2 | 6 | 6 | July 31, 2024 | |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 38 | 2 | December 31, 2025 | 271% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 37 | 1 | April 30, 2010 | 22% over the limit |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chv Statre 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia | 1 | 0 | 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 NC0049409.
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 October 14, 2026.