Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0067938

NORTH SPRING BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE WWTP, Leesburg, VA: NPDES VA0067938 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
12Pollutants under a numeric limit
6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

NORTH SPRING BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE WWTP, held by North Spring Behavioral Healthcare WWTP, holds NPDES permit VA0067938, which discharges to Potomac River/Limestone Branch. EPA’s file records it issued August 4, 2016 and expiring August 3, 2021. 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	NORTH SPRING BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE WWTP
Permittee as filed	North Spring Behavioral Healthcare WWTP
NPDES ID	VA0067938
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	August 4, 2016
Expiration date	August 3, 2021
Issuing agency	STATE
Address	Leesburg, VA 20176
Receiving water	Potomac River/Limestone Branch
Subwatershed	Limestone Branch-Potomac River (HUC 020700080403)
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

12Pollutants on file
12Under a numeric limit
8With a violation of any kind
6With 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	8	24	20	March 31, 2026	68% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual	7	14	11	July 31, 2019	70,900% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	2	12	11	June 30, 2026	65% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	8	10	6	October 31, 2025	47% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	4	8	6	February 28, 2026	435% over the limit
E. coli	2	2	1	April 30, 2019	99,999% over the limit
pH	4	2	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	4	2	0
Nitrogen, total [as N]	2	0	0
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]	2	0	0
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]	2	0	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	2	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 VA0067938.

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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This public-records page covers the Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES VA0067938 for North Spring Behavioral Healthcare WWTP in Leesburg, VA, which discharges to Potomac River/Limestone Branch and is listed as administratively continued. The page lists 12 as the discharger class, 6 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 6 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.