Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0077259
THREE CREEK WWTP, Emporia, VA: NPDES VA0077259 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
THREE CREEK WWTP, held by Greensville County Water and Sewer Authority, holds NPDES permit VA0077259, which discharges to Three Creek-Otterdam Swamp. EPA’s file records it issued August 16, 2017 and expiring August 31, 2022. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | THREE CREEK WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Greensville County Water and Sewer Authority |
| NPDES ID | VA0077259 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | August 16, 2017 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | VA DEQ |
| Address | Emporia, VA 23847 |
| Receiving water | Three Creek-Otterdam Swamp |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Otterdam Swamp-Three Creek (HUC 030102011003) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 12Pollutants on file
- 11Under a numeric limit
- 7With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 34 | 32 | August 31, 2017 | 217% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 20 | 20 | February 29, 2024 | 153% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 7 | 3 | March 31, 2025 | 37% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 3 | 1 | May 31, 2025 | 46% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 1 | 1 | February 28, 2018 | 2% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 3 | 1 | 1 | August 31, 2014 | 87% over the limit |
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES VA0077259.
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 September 15, 2026.