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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0063690

HENRICO COUNTY WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY, Henrico, VA: NPDES VA0063690 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

HENRICO COUNTY WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY, held by Henrico County Department of Public Utilities, holds NPDES permit VA0063690, which discharges to James River-Curles Creek. EPA’s file records it issued May 31, 2017 and expiring May 31, 2022. 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 filedHENRICO COUNTY WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY
Permittee as filedHenrico County Department of Public Utilities
NPDES IDVA0063690
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
IssuedMay 31, 2017
Expiration dateMay 31, 2022
Issuing agencyVA DEQ
AddressHenrico, VA 23231
Receiving waterJames River-Curles Creek
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedCurles Creek-James River (HUC 020802060106)
Program components on filePOTW, Pretreatment
NAICS221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC4952 – Sewerage Systems
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler VAD982660631; ICIS-AIR source VA0000005108700188

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
Solids, total suspended47373March 31, 202120,084% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant22020September 30, 199957% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]81919February 28, 202110,547% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual31211March 31, 2026285% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general01010October 31, 19962,150% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]076April 30, 199948% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]132September 30, 199918% over the limit
pH222November 30, 2018
E. coli122February 29, 2020281% over the limit
Nitrogen, total [as N]010
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]800
Nitrogen, Total As N100
Phosphorus, Total As P100

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

The newest 50 of 245.

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
September 6, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
September 2, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
August 5, 2026Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
August 4, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
July 27, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
July 22, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
July 9, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
July 6, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
June 28, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
June 18, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
June 14, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
May 25, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
April 24, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
March 27, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
March 27, 2026Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
February 19, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
February 19, 2026Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
February 16, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
January 22, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
January 7, 2026Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
December 4, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
December 2, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
November 26, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
October 18, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
October 16, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
October 3, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
September 29, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
September 27, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
July 13, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
July 12, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
July 9, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
July 5, 2025Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
June 30, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
June 27, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
June 25, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
May 20, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
May 18, 2025Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
May 10, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
March 5, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
February 17, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
February 15, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
February 13, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
February 11, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
February 3, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
January 24, 2025Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
January 23, 2025Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
January 16, 2025Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
January 1, 2025Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
December 25, 2024WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
December 21, 2024WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6

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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

What this page shows

The page is a Velarion Records entry for NPDES permit VA0063690, held by Henrico County Department of Public Utilities for the Henrico County Water Reclamation Facility, which discharges to James River-Curles Creek. The permit is listed as administratively continued, with 10 as the major discharger class count, 9 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 9 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.