Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0022845
MADISON WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, Madison, VA: NPDES VA0022845 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MADISON WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, held by Rapidan Service Authority, holds NPDES permit VA0022845, which discharges to Robinson River-Deep Run. EPA’s file records it issued March 1, 2020 and expiring February 28, 2025. 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 | MADISON WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Rapidan Service Authority |
| NPDES ID | VA0022845 |
| 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 | March 1, 2020 |
| Expiration date | February 28, 2025 |
| Issuing agency | VA DEQ |
| Address | Madison, VA 22727 |
| Receiving water | Robinson River-Deep Run |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Deep Run-Robinson River (HUC 020801030904) |
| Program components on file | POTW, Pretreatment |
| 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
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. coli | 1 | 11 | 11 | May 31, 2025 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 9 | 9 | March 31, 2018 | 71% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 3 | 3 | 3 | March 31, 2022 | 1,900% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 1 | 1 | September 30, 2024 | 22% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 1 | 1 | June 30, 2025 | |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES VA0022845.
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.