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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0063177

RICHMOND WWTP, Richmond, VA: NPDES VA0063177 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

RICHMOND WWTP, held by Richmond City of, holds NPDES permit VA0063177, which discharges to James River-Almond Creek. EPA’s file records it issued October 1, 2018 and expiring September 30, 2023. 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 filedRICHMOND WWTP
Permittee as filedRichmond City of
NPDES IDVA0063177
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedOctober 1, 2018
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2023
Issuing agencyVA DEQ
AddressRichmond, VA 23224
Receiving waterJames River-Almond Creek
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedLittle Westham Creek-James River (HUC 020802050607)
Program components on filePOTW, Pretreatment, Storm Water Small MS4s
NAICS221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC4952 – Sewerage Systems
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler VAD980826861

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

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Chlorine, total residual03434September 30, 20123,043% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]123325June 30, 2026130% over the limit
Solids, total suspended151616February 28, 2026170% over the limit
E. coli81414February 28, 202599,999% over the limit
pH121313March 31, 2022
Nitrogen, Total As N088December 31, 201021% over the limit
Phosphorus, Total As P088December 31, 200755% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]255February 29, 202423% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]1244June 30, 202476% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]511November 30, 200520% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant900
Nitrogen, total [as N]500
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]300
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]300

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
May 25, 2026Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
April 10, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
December 18, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
October 7, 2025Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
July 8, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
June 17, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
March 12, 2025Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
February 20, 2025Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
February 3, 2025Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
November 10, 2024WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
July 29, 2024Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
July 27, 2024WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
July 22, 2024WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
July 16, 2024Effluent Violations - Reported Fish KillST6
July 2, 2024WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
June 17, 2024WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
May 22, 2024Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
March 15, 2024Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
December 27, 2023WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
March 27, 2023WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
March 21, 2023WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
March 7, 2023WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
February 21, 2023WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
October 27, 2022Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
July 23, 2021WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
May 18, 2021Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
May 10, 2021Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
April 14, 2021Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
March 26, 2021WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
March 10, 2021WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
December 12, 2020WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
September 26, 2020Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
February 8, 2020WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
January 25, 2020Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
January 21, 2020Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
October 22, 2019Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
October 16, 2019Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
April 22, 2019WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
March 10, 2018Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
January 14, 2018Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
November 20, 2017Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
September 26, 2017Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
September 1, 2017Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
June 27, 2017Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
May 19, 2017WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
March 31, 2017WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
February 1, 2017Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6

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.

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What this page shows

This public-records page covers the Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES VA0063177 for RICHMOND WWTP in Richmond, VA, held by Richmond City of and discharging to James River-Almond Creek. The facts list a permit status of Administratively continued, a Major Discharger class, 11 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 10 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.