Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1025899

WETER CO, Masontown, WV: NPDES WV1025899 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
6Pollutants under a numeric limit
1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

WETER CO, held by WVDEP OFFICE OF SPECIAL RECLAMATION, holds NPDES permit WV1025899, which discharges to Cheat Rv. EPA’s file records it issued March 20, 2018 and expiring December 12, 2022. 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	WETER CO
Permittee as filed	WVDEP OFFICE OF SPECIAL RECLAMATION
NPDES ID	WV1025899
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	March 20, 2018
Expiration date	December 12, 2022
Address	Masontown, WV 26542
Receiving water	CHEAT RV
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Bull Run-Cheat River (HUC 050200040706)
SIC	1221 – Bituminous Coal And Lignite - Surface

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

8Pollutants on file
6Under a numeric limit
8With 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
Aluminum, total [as Al]	3	93	3	March 31, 2024	65% over the limit
Solids, total dissolved	0	93	0
Iron, total [as Fe]	3	90	0
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]	3	90	0
Sulfate, total [as SO4]	0	90	0
Flow rate	2	62	0
pH	2	60	0
Solids, settleable	1	30	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 WV1025899.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES WV1025899.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES WV1025899.

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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WETER CO, Masontown, West Virginia: Individual permit WV1025899, held by WVDEP OFFICE OF SPECIAL RECLAMATION; Effective; issued March 20, 2018, term to December 12, 2022; discharges to CHEAT RV.

Aluminum, total [as Al]: 3 limits, 93 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2024, largest 65% over the limit.
Solids, total dissolved: 0 limits, 93 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Iron, total [as Fe]: 3 limits, 90 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]: 3 limits, 90 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Sulfate, total [as SO4]: 0 limits, 90 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow rate: 2 limits, 62 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
pH: 2 limits, 60 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, settleable: 1 limit, 30 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Other permits held by WVDEP OFFICE OF SPECIAL RECLAMATION

DLM ALTON, Alton: WV0042056, issued April 15, 2016
WOCAP ENERGY (S-26-85) & J.E.B. (S-61-82), Kingwood: WV1023462, issued June 16, 2021
PRESTON ENERGY, Tunnelton: WV1023471, issued April 13, 2021
HALLLLELUJAH MINING ( 40-81) BOND FORFEITURE SITE, Kingwood: WV1023489, issued July 20, 2021
ED-E DEVELOPMENT, Kingwood: WV1023497, issued August 24, 2021
DELTA MINING/PIERCE COAL, Tallmansville: WV1023501, issued March 29, 2021
VIKING COAL CO. U0-519, Kingwood: WV1023519, issued October 31, 2016
BORGMAN COAL COMPANY, Kingwood: WV1023527, issued August 30, 2021
T&T FUELS, Albright: WV1023543, issued March 29, 2021
ED-E DEVELOPMENT, Arthurdale: WV1023551, issued September 1, 2021

WETER CO among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 3 discharge permits in the Bull Run-Cheat River subwatershed (HUC 050200040706), WV1025899 among them. Its county holds 101, 0 of them major permits; WV1025899 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Bull Run-Cheat River subwatershed (HUC 050200040706)

HERRINGRD WATER LINE REPLACEMENT& STORAGE BUILDING, Masontown: WVR113379, minor permit, discharging to Lick Run to Bull Run to Cheat River, permit term to June 30, 2027
SHARON COAL CO., Masontown: WV1029240, minor permit, discharging to BULL RN, permit term to March 15, 2026

Nearby on the register

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

This public-records page covers NPDES permit WV1025899, held by WVDEP OFFICE OF SPECIAL RECLAMATION for WETER CO in Masontown, WV, which discharges to CHEAT RV within the Bull Run-Cheat River subwatershed (HUC 050200040706). The permit is listed as Effective, an Individual permit for a Minor discharger, with issue and expiration dates of March 20, 2018 and December 12, 2022, as recorded when the data was loaded on October 14, 2026. The page lists 8 pollutants on file, 6 under a numeric limit, 8 with a violation of any kind, and 1 with an effluent exceedance.