EPA · discharge permits by state

Discharge permits in Virginia

13,137Current permits
146Major dischargers
1,156Individual permits

A major discharger is one EPA rates as significant on volume, toxicity or the water it reaches; the rest are minors. An individual permit is written for one operation, while general permit coverage applies a statewide permit to a site that qualifies for it.

This page gathers Virginia’s current permits three ways below — by the program they are issued under, by the city of the discharge, and by watershed. It names 7 programs, 568 cities and 1,065 watersheds. Each list says which set it covers.

Every permit’s record

Each of the 13,137 current permits in Virginia has a record page: the permittee, the receiving water, the status and dates, and its effluent limits and exceedances. Each city below lists its own; or every permit in Virginia, A to Z.

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By what is permitted in Virginia

By city

The 400 cities with the most permits. All 568 cities in Virginia with 3 or more permits are listed at every city in Virginia.

Watersheds inside Virginia 1,065

Every watershed with three or more permits in Virginia, most permits first.

All 1,065 watersheds in Virginia with 3 or more permits are named on one page at every watershed in Virginia.

Other states

Every state carrying three or more current permits, in alphabetical order.

Permits

Major dischargers first. Not every permit in Virginia is listed here.

Permit holder	NPDES ID	City	Program	Discharger	Receiving water
ADVANSIX RESINS AND CHEMICALS LLC	VA0005291	HOPEWELL		Major	James River-Bailey Creek
ADVANSIX RESINS AND CHEMICALS LLC - CHESTERFIELD	VA0005312	CHESTER		Major	James River/Turkey Island Creek/Fourmile Creek
ALEXANDRIA COMBINED SEWER SYSTEM	VA0087068	ALEXANDRIA	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Potomac River/Fourmile Run/Pimmit Run
ALEXANDRIA RENEW ENTERPRISES WRRF	VA0025160	ALEXANDRIA	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Cameron Run/Hunting Creek
ALLEGHANY CO - LOWER JACKSON RIVER REGIONAL WWTP	VA0090671	IRON GATE	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Jackson River-Smith Creek
ALTAVISTA TOWN - WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT	VA0020451	ALTAVISTA	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Roanoke River-Reed Creek
AMELIA COURTHOUSE SANITARY DISTRICT STP-SMACKS CR	VA0091707	AMELIA	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Appomattox River/Smacks Creek/Sappony Creek
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER - CLINCH RIVER PLANT	VA0001015	CLEVELAND		Major	Clinch River-Big Spring Branch
APCO - GLEN LYN	VA0000370	GLEN LYN		Major	New River-Bluestone Lake-Clendennin Creek
APPOMATTOX RIVER WATER AUTHORITY	VA0005819	PETERSBURG		Major	Appomattox River/Lake Chesdin-Cattle Creek
AQUIA WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT	VA0060968	STAFFORD	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Lower Aquia Creek
ARLINGTON COUNTY MS4	VA0088579	ARLINGTON	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	POTOMAC RIVER
ARLINGTON COUNTY WATER POLLUTION CONTROL FACILITY	VA0025143	ARLINGTON	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Potomac River/Fourmile Run/Pimmit Run
ASHLAND WWTP	VA0024899	ASHLAND	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	South Anna River-Cedar Creek
BASHAM SIMMS WASTEWATER FACILITY	VA0022802	PURCELLVILLE	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	North Fork Goose Creek
BEDFORD WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT	VA0022390	BEDFORD	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Little Otter River-Johns Creek
BIG STONE GAP REGIONAL WWTP	VA0020940	BIG STONE GAP	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Powell River-Camp Creek
BLACKSBURG VPI SANITATION AUTH - LOWER STROUBLES	VA0060844	BLACKSBURG	Industrial pretreatment	Major	New River-Stroubles Creek
BLACKSTONE WWTP	VA0025194	FORT PICKETT	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Hurricane Branch-Long Branch
BLUEFIELD WESTSIDE WWTP	VA0025054	BLUEFIELD	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Bluestone River-Brush Fork
BROAD RUN WATER RECLAMATION	VA0091383	ASHBURN	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Broad Run-Beaverdam Run
BROADWAY REGIONAL WWTF	VA0090263	TIMBERVILLE	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	North Fork Shenandoah River-Long Meadow
BUCHANAN CNTY PSA - CONAWAY WWTP	VA0090531	VANSANT	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Levisa Fork-Feds Creek
BUCHANAN NO. 1 MINE	VAM080047	KEEN MOUNTAIN		Major	Garden Creek
BUENA VISTA STP	VA0020991	BUENA VISTA	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Maury River-Bennetts Run
CAROLINE COUNTY REGIONAL WWTP	VA0073504	RUTHER GLEN	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Polecat Creek
CELANESE ACETATE LLC	VA0000299	NARROWS		Major	New River/East River
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY MS4	VA0088609	CHESTERFIELD COUNTY		Major	Proctors Creek-James River
CHRISTIANSBURG TOWN - WWTF	VA0061751	CHRISTIANSBURG	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	New River/Crab Creek
COEBURN NORTON WISE REGIONAL WWTP	VA0077828	COEBURN	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Guest River-Toms Creek
CORRCHOICE LLC	VA0006408	GLADSTONE		Major	James River-Christian Mill Creek
COURTLAND TOWN - WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT	VA0061859	COURTLAND	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Nottoway River-Courtland
COVINGTON CITY - WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT	VA0025542	COVINGTON	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Jackson River-Pounding Mill Creek
CULPEPER WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT	VA0061590	CULPEPER	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Mountain Run
DANVILLE CITY - NORTHSIDE	VA0060593	DANVILLE	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Dan River-Pumpkin Creek
DOC - COFFEEWOOD CORRECTIONAL CENTER	VA0087718	MITCHELLS		Major	Rapidan River/Cedar Run
DOMINION - NORTH ANNA POWER STATION	VA0052451	MINERAL		Major	North Anna River/Lake Anna-Elk Creek
DOMINION - POSSUM POINT POWER STATION	VA0002071	DUMFRIES		Major	Quantico Creek
DOMINION - YORKTOWN POWER STATION	VA0004103	YORKTOWN		Major	York River-Sarah Creek
DOMINION ENERGY - BEAR GARDEN GENERATING STATION	VA0090891	NEW CANTON		Major	James River-Bear Garden Creek

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