Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0020737
BOWLING GREEN WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, Bowling Green, VA: NPDES VA0020737 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BOWLING GREEN WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, held by Bowling Green Town, holds NPDES permit VA0020737, which discharges to Mattaponi River-Campbell Creek. EPA’s file records it issued September 28, 2018 and expiring September 30, 2023. 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 | BOWLING GREEN WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Bowling Green Town |
| NPDES ID | VA0020737 |
| 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 | September 28, 2018 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | VA DEQ |
| Address | Bowling Green, VA 22427 |
| Receiving water | Mattaponi River-Campbell Creek |
| Subwatershed | Campbell Creek-Mattaponi River (HUC 020801050205) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 11Pollutants on file
- 10Under a numeric limit
- 5With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 | 4 | 4 | March 31, 2024 | 78% over the limit |
| E. coli | 1 | 4 | 4 | May 31, 2024 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 3 | 3 | March 31, 2026 | 37% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 2 | 2 | May 31, 1990 | 40% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 1 | 1 | May 31, 1990 | 13% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 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
- 4Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| March 29, 2024 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| March 8, 2024 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| August 27, 2023 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| August 5, 2020 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | 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 September 15, 2026.