Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0086673
CHARLES CITY COUNTY SCHOOLS WWTP, Charles City, VA: NPDES VA0086673 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CHARLES CITY COUNTY SCHOOLS WWTP, held by Charles City County Schools WWTP, holds NPDES permit VA0086673, which discharges to James River/Powell Creek/West Run/Bailey Creek. EPA’s file records it issued February 7, 2017 and expiring January 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 | CHARLES CITY COUNTY SCHOOLS WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Charles City County Schools WWTP |
| NPDES ID | VA0086673 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | February 7, 2017 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | STATE |
| Address | Charles City, VA 23030 |
| Receiving water | James River/Powell Creek/West Run/Bailey Creek |
| Subwatershed | Courthouse Creek-Queens Creek (HUC 020802060204) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 11Pollutants on file
- 11Under a numeric limit
- 7With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 17 | 17 | May 31, 2025 | 928% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 5 | 5 | September 30, 2024 | 124% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| December 8, 2017 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
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.