Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0020532
BERRYVILLE WWTP, Berryville, VA: NPDES VA0020532 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BERRYVILLE WWTP, held by Berryville Town, holds NPDES permit VA0020532, which discharges to Shenandoah River-Dog Run. EPA’s file records it issued December 11, 2019 and expiring December 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 | BERRYVILLE WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Berryville Town |
| NPDES ID | VA0020532 |
| 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 | December 11, 2019 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | VA DEQ |
| Address | Berryville, VA 22611 |
| Receiving water | Shenandoah River-Dog Run |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Dog Run-Shenandoah River (HUC 020700070202) |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| 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
- 4With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phosphorus, Total As P | 2 | 3 | 2 | December 31, 2021 | 167% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 2 | 2 | November 30, 2021 | |
| Nitrogen, Total As N | 2 | 2 | 1 | December 31, 2021 | 5% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 1 | 1 | May 31, 1990 | 33% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| February 12, 2024 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| April 2, 2019 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| June 2, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| May 17, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| July 28, 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.