Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NC0055786
LEXINGTON REGIONAL WWTP, Lexington, NC: NPDES NC0055786 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 16Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
LEXINGTON REGIONAL WWTP, held by City of Lexington, holds NPDES permit NC0055786. EPA’s file records it issued December 17, 2020 and expiring April 30, 2025. 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 | LEXINGTON REGIONAL WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Lexington |
| NPDES ID | NC0055786 |
| 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 | December 17, 2020 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2025 |
| Address | Lexington, NC 27292 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Beaverdam Creek-Yadkin River (HUC 030401030605) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 24Pollutants on file
- 16Under a numeric limit
- 23With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 5 | 78 | 32 | August 31, 2023 | 161% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 65 | 30 | April 30, 2026 | 300% over the limit |
| Phenolics, total recoverable | 0 | 8 | 5 | January 31, 2007 | 835% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 6 | 3 | November 30, 2019 | 236% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C | 2 | 20 | 1 | February 28, 2018 | 1,285% over the limit |
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 2 | 5 | 1 | March 31, 2024 | 11% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 3 | 1 | January 31, 2019 | |
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 2 | 1 | 1 | September 30, 2024 | 471% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 182 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Conductivity | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bromodichloromethane, effluent | 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 NC0055786.
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.