CITY OF ST. MARYS, St. Marys, WV: NPDES WV0020168 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CITY OF ST. MARYS, St. Marys, West Virginia: Individual permit WV0020168, held by ST. MARYS, CITY OF; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued; issued June 7, 1980, term to November 14, 2022; discharges to OHIO RIVER.

• Coliform, fecal general: 2 limits, 135 violations of any kind, 103 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2026, largest 22,900% over the limit.
• BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 4 limits, 147 violations of any kind, 83 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2026, largest 738% over the limit.
• Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]: 8 limits, 113 violations of any kind, 49 effluent exceedances, latest August 31, 2025, largest 364% over the limit.
• Chlorine, total residual: 0 limits, 75 violations of any kind, 47 effluent exceedances, latest January 31, 2011, largest 78,471% over the limit.
• Copper, total recoverable: 2 limits, 78 violations of any kind, 46 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2026, largest 1,204% over the limit.
• Solids, total suspended: 4 limits, 108 violations of any kind, 44 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2026, largest 1,740% over the limit.
• Flow rate: 0 limits, 44 violations of any kind, 44 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2026, largest 423% over the limit.
• Oil & Grease: 0 limits, 18 violations of any kind, 18 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2026, largest 895% over the limit.
• BOD, 5-day, percent removal: 1 limit, 30 violations of any kind, 13 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2026, largest 327% over the limit.
• Solids, suspended percent removal: 1 limit, 28 violations of any kind, 12 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2026, largest 566% over the limit.
• pH: 2 limits, 41 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2025.
• Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 32 violations of any kind.
• Lead, total recoverable: 2 limits, 18 violations of any kind.
• Nitrogen, total [as N]: 0 limits, 18 violations of any kind.
• Phosphorus, total [as P]: 0 limits, 18 violations of any kind.
• Zinc, total recoverable: 2 limits, 14 violations of any kind.
• Solids, total, sludge, percent: 0 limits, 9 violations of any kind.
• Calcium, total [as Ca]: 0 limits, 3 violations of any kind.
• Magnesium, total [as Mg]: 0 limits, 3 violations of any kind.
• Selenium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Se]: 0 limits, 3 violations of any kind.
• Organic nitrogen sludge, tot dry wt.: 0 limits, 3 violations of any kind.
• Arsenic, sludge tot. dry wt [as As]: 0 limits, 3 violations of any kind.
• Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]: 0 limits, 3 violations of any kind.
• Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]: 0 limits, 3 violations of any kind.
• Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]: 0 limits, 3 violations of any kind.
• Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]: 0 limits, 3 violations of any kind.
• Nitrogen, sludge, total, dry weight [as N]: 0 limits, 3 violations of any kind.
• Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]: 0 limits, 3 violations of any kind.
• Potassium, sludge, total, dry weight [as K]: 0 limits, 3 violations of any kind.
• Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]: 0 limits, 3 violations of any kind.
• Copper, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cu]: 0 limits, 3 violations of any kind.
• Cadmium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cd]: 0 limits, 3 violations of any kind.
• Phosphorus, sludge, total, dry weight [as P]: 0 limits, 3 violations of any kind.
• Nitrogen, ammonia, sludge, tot dry wgt: 0 limits, 3 violations of any kind.

• February 13, 2026: Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance (ST6).
• February 13, 2026: Pretreatment - Failure to Enforce Against I/U (ST6).
• February 13, 2026: Reconnaissance without Sampling (S).
• July 6, 2022: Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance (ST6).
• December 18, 2018: Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance (ST6).
• December 18, 2018: Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) (ST6).

West Virginia holds 251 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 92 were issued before WV0020168. ST. MARYS, CITY OF holds 2 permits in West Virginia.

Other permits held by ST. MARYS, CITY OF

• ST MARYS WASTEWATER, Saint Marys: WVR113271, issued 2026-04-24

Coverages issued nearest WV0020168

• 1980-02-29: CITY OF PARSONS, Parsons: WV0022063, held by PARSONS, CITY OF
• 1980-03-06: ADA WWTP, Bluefield: WV0023141, held by BLUEFIELD SANITARY BOARD
• 1980-03-06: CITY OF KEYSER, Keyser: WV0024392, held by KEYSER, CITY OF
• 1980-03-08: CITY OF ST. ALBANS MUNICIPAL UTILITY COMMISSION, St. Albans: WV0023175, held by SAINT ALBANS, CITY OF
• 1980-05-14: WELLSBURG CITY OF, Wellsburg: WV0026832, held by WELLSBURG, CITY OF
• 1980-08-19: CITY OF WHEELING - WATER POLLUTION CONTROL DIVISION, Wheeling: WV0023230, held by WHEELING, CITY OF, WATER POLLUTION CONTROL DIVISION
• 1980-08-19: GREENBRIER COUNTY PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICT #2, Rainelle: WV0040525, held by GREENBRIER COUNTY PSD NO. 2
• 1980-09-02: NITRO WWTP, Nitro: WV0023299, held by NITRO, CITY OF
• 1980-09-02: SANITARY BOARD, Barboursville: WV0024481, held by BARBOURSVILLE, VILLAGE OF
• 1980-09-02: TOWN OF WAYNE, Wayne: WV0024562, held by WAYNE, TOWN OF

CITY OF ST. MARYS among its neighbors

4 discharge permits are in the Leith Run-Ohio River subwatershed (HUC 050302011007); WV0020168 is one. Its county: 17, 2 major; WV0020168 is minor permit.

Other permits in the Leith Run-Ohio River subwatershed (HUC 050302011007)

• FRONTIER HIGH SCHOOL, New Matamoras: OH0059323, minor, term to 2021-12-31
• PLEASANTS COUNTY SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY, St. Marys: WVRNE0069, minor, term to 2014-03-31
• ST MARYS WASTEWATER, Saint Marys: WVR113271, minor, term to 2027-04-24