Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0026786
WASHINGTON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS -VALLEY INSTITUTE, Bristol, VA: NPDES VA0026786 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
WASHINGTON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS -VALLEY INSTITUTE, held by Washington County Public Schools, holds NPDES permit VA0026786, which discharges to Cove Creek. EPA’s file records it issued November 20, 2019 and expiring November 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 | WASHINGTON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS -VALLEY INSTITUTE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Washington County Public Schools |
| NPDES ID | VA0026786 |
| 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 | November 20, 2019 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | VA DEQ |
| Address | Bristol, VA 24201 |
| Receiving water | Cove Creek |
| Subwatershed | Cove Creek (HUC 060101010306) |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | ICIS-AIR source VA0000005119100034 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 8Pollutants on file
- 7Under a numeric limit
- 4With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 2 | 1 | May 31, 2016 | 17% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 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 VA0026786.
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.