Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0021130
DAMASCUS WWTP, Damascus, VA: NPDES VA0021130 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 6Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
DAMASCUS WWTP, held by Washington County Service Authority, holds NPDES permit VA0021130, which discharges to South Fork Holston River-Rockhouse Run. EPA’s file records it issued April 16, 2019 and expiring April 30, 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 | DAMASCUS WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Washington County Service Authority |
| NPDES ID | VA0021130 |
| 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 16, 2019 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | VA DEQ |
| Address | Damascus, VA 24236 |
| Receiving water | South Fork Holston River-Rockhouse Run |
| Subwatershed | Rockhouse Run-South Fork Holston River (HUC 060101020204) |
| 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
- 7Pollutants on file
- 6Under 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 11 | 11 | October 31, 2024 | 58% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 7 | 7 | March 31, 2020 | 26% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 3 | 7 | 7 | January 31, 2024 | 83% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 1 | 1 | March 31, 2021 | 29% over the limit |
| BOD, percent removal [total] | 0 | 1 | 1 | June 30, 2025 | 44% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 0 | 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
- 12Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| January 21, 2025 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| January 13, 2025 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| January 10, 2025 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| January 9, 2025 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| December 30, 2024 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| December 22, 2024 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| September 27, 2024 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| September 26, 2024 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| March 2, 2022 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| March 8, 2021 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| April 13, 2020 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| February 1, 2020 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | 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.