Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0089826

WATER COUNTRY USA, Williamsburg, VA: NPDES VA0089826 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
11Pollutants under a numeric limit
1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

WATER COUNTRY USA, held by SeaWorld Parks LLC, holds NPDES permit VA0089826, which discharges to York River-Carter Creek. EPA’s file records it issued August 1, 2018 and expiring July 31, 2023. 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	WATER COUNTRY USA
Permittee as filed	SeaWorld Parks LLC
NPDES ID	VA0089826
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 1, 2018
Expiration date	July 31, 2023
Issuing agency	VA DEQ
Address	Williamsburg, VA 23185
Receiving water	York River-Carter Creek
Subwatershed	Carter Creek-York River (HUC 020801070203)
NAICS	713110 – Amusement and Theme Parks
SIC	7996 – Amusement Parks

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

11Pollutants on file
11Under a numeric limit
3With a violation of any kind
1With 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
Chlorine, total residual	2	2	2	March 31, 2026	362% over the limit
Copper, dissolved [as Cu]	1	1	0
Zinc, dissolved [as Zn]	1	1	0
pH	2	0	0
Solids, total suspended	2	0	0
Nitrogen, ammonia, total [as NH3]	2	0	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	0	0
Nitrogen, total [as N]	1	0	0
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]	1	0	0
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]	1	0	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	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 VA0089826.

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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Nearby on the register

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

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES VA0089826 for WATER COUNTRY USA in Williamsburg, VA, held by SeaWorld Parks LLC, with the permit's status shown as administratively continued and its discharger class as Minor. The page lists 11 for the pollutant count under a numeric limit and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance, and it names York River-Carter Creek as the receiving water in watershed HUC 020801070203.