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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0078484

GALAX WWTP, Galax, VA: NPDES VA0078484 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

GALAX WWTP, held by Galax City, holds NPDES permit VA0078484, which discharges to New River-Eagle Bottom Creek. EPA’s file records it issued May 20, 2019 and expiring June 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 filedGALAX WWTP
Permittee as filedGalax City
NPDES IDVA0078484
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 20, 2019
Expiration dateJune 30, 2024
Issuing agencyVA DEQ
AddressGalax, VA 24333
Receiving waterNew River-Eagle Bottom Creek
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedEagle Bottom Creek-New River (HUC 050500010602)
Program components on filePOTW, Pretreatment
NAICS221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC4952 – 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

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 residual33523September 30, 2024100% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C453December 31, 2019153% over the limit
Solids, total suspended431April 30, 1996258% over the limit
pH211June 30, 1995
E. coli111November 30, 2013191% over the limit
BOD, percent removal [total]020
Solids, suspended percent removal020
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant210

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 69.

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
November 13, 2025Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
February 13, 2025Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
November 4, 2024Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
October 20, 2024Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
September 28, 2024Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
September 27, 2024Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
May 18, 2024WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
January 10, 2024WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
September 13, 2022Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
August 2, 2022WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
August 15, 2021WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
February 24, 2021WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
February 18, 2021WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
November 12, 2020WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
May 21, 2020WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
April 13, 2020WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
March 11, 2020WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
February 11, 2020WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
February 6, 2020WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
January 24, 2020WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
December 31, 2019WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
December 2, 2019WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
October 20, 2019WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
August 4, 2019WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
July 12, 2019WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
June 9, 2019WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
April 18, 2019WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
April 13, 2019WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
March 1, 2019WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
February 17, 2019WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
February 11, 2019WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
January 12, 2019WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
January 8, 2019WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
January 5, 2019WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
December 28, 2018WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
December 21, 2018Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
December 20, 2018Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
December 14, 2018Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
December 4, 2018Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
November 29, 2018Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
November 15, 2018Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
October 11, 2018Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
October 10, 2018Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
September 17, 2018Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
September 16, 2018Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
September 11, 2018Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
September 8, 2018Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
September 6, 2018Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
August 29, 2018Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
August 24, 2018Effluent 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.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers the Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES VA0078484 for the GALAX WWTP in Galax, VA, held by Galax City, which discharges to New River-Eagle Bottom Creek. The permit is administratively continued and classed as a Major Discharger, with 5 pollutants under a numeric limit and 5 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.