Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0024732
MASSANUTTEN WWTP, Mcgaheysville, VA: NPDES VA0024732 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MASSANUTTEN WWTP, held by Massanutten Water and Sewer Authority, holds NPDES permit VA0024732, which discharges to South Fork Shenandoah River-Elk Run-Boone Run. EPA’s file records it issued January 1, 2021 and expiring December 31, 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 | MASSANUTTEN WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Massanutten Water and Sewer Authority |
| NPDES ID | VA0024732 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | January 1, 2021 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2025 |
| Issuing agency | VA DEQ |
| Address | Mcgaheysville, VA 22840 |
| Receiving water | South Fork Shenandoah River-Elk Run-Boone Run |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Boone Run-Elk Run-South Fork Shenandoah River (HUC 020700050804) |
| 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
- 13Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 9With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 0 | 64 | 64 | June 30, 2002 | 1,633% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 4 | 4 | January 31, 2026 | 181% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 2 | 2 | April 30, 2013 | 7% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 1 | 1 | April 30, 2002 | 11% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 2000 | 900% over the limit |
| Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Di-n-butyl phthalate | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Total As N | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, Total As P | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 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
- 13Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2024 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| August 5, 2023 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| May 13, 2021 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| January 11, 2021 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| January 23, 2020 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| March 4, 2019 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| January 3, 2019 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| August 30, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| August 3, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| August 1, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| July 24, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| June 3, 2018 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| June 16, 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.