Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0006076

CLIFTON FORGE WATER TREATMENT PLANT, Clifton Forge, VA: NPDES VA0006076 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
6Pollutants under a numeric limit
1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

CLIFTON FORGE WATER TREATMENT PLANT, held by Town of Clifton Forge, holds NPDES permit VA0006076, which discharges to Jackson River-Smith Creek. EPA’s file records it issued October 2, 2019 and expiring October 15, 2024. 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	CLIFTON FORGE WATER TREATMENT PLANT
Permittee as filed	Town of Clifton Forge
NPDES ID	VA0006076
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	October 2, 2019
Expiration date	October 15, 2024
Issuing agency	VA DEQ
Address	Clifton Forge, VA 24422
Receiving water	Jackson River-Smith Creek
Subwatershed	Smith Creek-Jackson River (HUC 020802010507)
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

6Pollutants on file
6Under a numeric limit
4With a violation of any kind
1With 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	2	3	1	December 31, 2025	3% over the limit
pH	2	2	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	2	0
Chlorine, total residual	2	2	0
Nitrogen, total [as N]	4	0	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	4	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 VA0006076.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES VA0006076.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 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.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES VA0006076.

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.

This public-records page covers NPDES permit VA0006076 for the Clifton Forge Water Treatment Plant in Clifton Forge, VA, held by the Town of Clifton Forge and discharging to Jackson River-Smith Creek. The permit is listed as Effective and as a Minor Discharger class, with 6 pollutants under a numeric limit and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance. The permit's issuance and expiration dates are shown as October 2, 2019 and October 15, 2024, as they stood in EPA's file when the record was loaded on October 14, 2026.