Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0020524
CHATHAM TOWN - SEWAGE TREATMEN, Chatham, VA: NPDES VA0020524 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CHATHAM TOWN - SEWAGE TREATMEN, held by Chatham Town - Sewage Treatmen, holds NPDES permit VA0020524, which discharges to Cherrystone Creek. EPA’s file records it issued April 1, 2019 and expiring March 31, 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 | CHATHAM TOWN - SEWAGE TREATMEN |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Chatham Town - Sewage Treatmen |
| NPDES ID | VA0020524 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | April 1, 2019 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2024 |
| Address | Chatham, VA 24531 |
| Receiving water | CHERRYSTONE CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Cherrystone Creek (HUC 030101050104) |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
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
- 10Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 9With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 15 | 15 | August 31, 2023 | 82% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 5 | 5 | January 31, 2024 | 21% over the limit |
| E. coli | 1 | 5 | 5 | December 31, 2023 | 369% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia, total [as NH3] | 2 | 8 | 4 | August 31, 2023 | 138% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 3 | 3 | June 30, 2025 | 54% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 2 | 2 | November 30, 2016 | 14% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 1 | 1 | October 31, 2016 | |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 1 | 1 | January 31, 2026 | 43% over the limit |
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 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
- 5Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| March 10, 2025 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| May 22, 2020 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| February 19, 2020 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| July 29, 2019 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| January 23, 2017 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
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.