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Discharge permits in West Virginia

3,734Current permits
88Major dischargers
1,770Individual permits

A major discharger is one EPA rates as significant on volume, toxicity or the water it reaches; the rest are minors. An individual permit is written for one operation, while general permit coverage applies a statewide permit to a site that qualifies for it.

This page gathers West Virginia’s current permits three ways below — by the program they are issued under, by the city of the discharge, and by watershed. It names 3 programs, 307 cities and 543 watersheds. Each list says which set it covers.

Every permit’s record

Each of the 3,734 current permits in West Virginia has a record page: the permittee, the receiving water, the status and dates, and its effluent limits and exceedances. Each city below lists its own; or every permit in West Virginia, A to Z.

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By what is permitted in West Virginia

By city

The 307 cities with the most permits. All 307 cities in West Virginia with 3 or more permits are listed at every city in West Virginia.

Watersheds inside West Virginia 543

Every watershed with three or more permits in West Virginia, most permits first.

All 543 watersheds in West Virginia with 3 or more permits are named on one page at every watershed in West Virginia.

Other states

Every state carrying three or more current permits, in alphabetical order.

Permits

Major dischargers first. Not every permit in West Virginia is listed here.

Permit holder	NPDES ID	City	Program	Discharger	Receiving water
AC&S, INC.	WV0075621	NITRO		Major	KANAWHA RIVER
ADA WWTP	WV0023141	BLUEFIELD	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	EAST RIVER
AEP GENERATION RESOURCES, INC. - KAMMER PLANT	WV0005291	MOUNDSVILLE, WV		Major	OHIO RIVER
ALLEGANY BALLISTICS LABORATORY (ABL)	WV0020371	SHORT GAP		Major	N Branch Potomac/Potomac
ALTIVIA SERVICES, LLC	WV0000086	INSTITUTE		Major	KANAWHA RIVER
ANMOORE FACILITY	WV0004707	ANMOORE, WV		Major	ANMOORE RUN/ UNNAMED TRIBUTARY
APG POLYTECH, LLC	WV0000132	APPLE GROVE		Major	OHIO RIVER
APPALACHIAN POWER COMPANY - JOHN E. AMOS PLANT	WV0001074	WINFIELD, WV		Major	Kanawha River
APPALACHIAN POWER COMPANY DBA AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER - MOUNTAINEER PLANT	WV0048500	NEW HAVEN		Major	OHIO RIVER
APPLIED PARTNERS, INC.	WV0000779	MILLWOOD		Major	OHIO RIVER
BRADLEY PSD	WV0025925	BRADLEY	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Sand Branch/Paint Ck/Kanawha
BRIDGEPORT WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT	WV0025461	BRIDGEPORT	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Simpson Creek / West Fork River / Monongahela Rive
CHARLES TOWN UTILITY BOARD	WV0022349	CHARLES TOWN	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	EVITTS RUN/Shenandoah River
CHEMOURS BELLE PLANT	WV0002399	BELLE		Major	KANAWHA RIVER
CITY OF BECKLEY	WV0023183	BECKLEY	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	PINEY CREEK
CITY OF BUCKHANNON	WV0032336	BUCKHANNON	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	BUCKHANNON RIVER/Tygart Valley River/Monongahela
CITY OF DUNBAR SANITARY BOARD	WV0028118	DUNBAR WV	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Kanawha River/Ohio River
CITY OF FAIRMONT	WV0023353	FAIRMONT	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	MONONGAHELA RIVER
CITY OF GRAFTON	WV0021822	GRAFTON	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Tygart Valley River/Monongahela River
CITY OF HUNTINGTON/ HUNTINGTON SANITARY BOARD	WV0023159	HUNTINGTON	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	OHIO RIVER
CITY OF KEYSER	WV0024392	KEYSER	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	NORTH BRANCH OF POTOMAC RIVER
CITY OF MARTINSBURG WWTP	WV0023167	MARTINSBURG	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Tuscarora Creek/Opequon Creek/Potomac River
CITY OF MOUNDSVILLE	WV0023264	MOUNDSVILLE	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	OHIO RIVER
CITY OF PETERSBURG	WV0021792	PETERSBURG	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Lunice Creek of South Potomac River
CITY OF ST. ALBANS MUNICIPAL UTILITY COMMISSION	WV0023175	ST. ALBANS	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Kanawha River/Ohio River
CITY OF WEIRTON SANITARY BOARD	WV0023108	WEIRTON	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	OHIO RIVER
CITY OF WELCH	WV0024589	HEMPHILL	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Tug Fork/Big Sandy River/Ohio River
CITY OF WHEELING - WATER POLLUTION CONTROL DIVISION	WV0023230	WHEELING	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Ohio River
CITY OF WILLIAMSON	WV0026271	WILLIAMSON	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	TUG FK
CLARKSBURG SANITARY BOARD	WV0023302	CLARKSBURG	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	WEST FORK RIVER
CLEVELAND-CLIFFS WEIRTON LLC	WV0003336	WEIRTON		Major	OHIO RIVER
CONSTELLIUM ROLLED PRODUCTS	WV0115932	RAVENSWOOD		Major	Ohio River
COVESTRO NEW MARTINSVILLE	WV0005169	PROCTOR		Major	OHIO RIVER
CRAB ORCHARD/MACARTHUR PSD	WV0082309	MACARTHUR	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	PINEY CREEK OF NEW RIVER
CYTEC INDUSTRIES, INC.	WV0000787	WILLOW ISLAND		Major	Ohio River
EAGLE NATRIUM, LLC	WV0004359	NATRIUM		Major	OHIO RIVER
ELEMENTIS SPECIALTIES, INC.	WV0051560	CHARLESTON		Major	KANAWHA RIVER
ELK VALLEY PSD	WV0080900	ELKVIEW	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Elk River/Kanawha River/Ohio River
ELKINS CITY OF	WV0020028	ELKINS	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Tygart Valley River/Monongahela River
ERGON - WEST VIRGINIA, INC.	WV0004626	NEWELL		Major	OHIO RIVER

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