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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WVG640018

RIPLEY WATER WORKS, Ripley, WV: NPDES WVG640018 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

RIPLEY WATER WORKS, held by RIPLEY, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit WVG640018, which discharges to Mill Ck/Ohio Rv. EPA’s file records it issued March 26, 2019 and expiring July 18, 2023. 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 filedRIPLEY WATER WORKS
Permittee as filedRIPLEY, CITY OF
NPDES IDWVG640018
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedMarch 26, 2019
Expiration dateJuly 18, 2023
AddressRipley, WV 25271
Receiving waterMill Ck/Ohio Rv
SubwatershedUpper Mill Creek (HUC 050302020605)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Aluminum, total recoverable2328September 30, 2025384% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual2284December 31, 20231,344% over the limit
Manganese, total recoverable2273December 31, 201856% over the limit
Iron, total recoverable2262March 31, 202221% over the limit
pH2240
Solids, total suspended2240
Fluoride, total [as F]2240
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant1120

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
December 5, 2023Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect ReportingST6
December 5, 2023Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain RecordsST6
December 5, 2023Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
March 13, 2018Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain RecordsST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES WVG640018.

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 WVG640018.

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.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES WVG640018 for RIPLEY WATER WORKS in Ripley, WV, held by RIPLEY, CITY OF and discharging to Mill Ck/Ohio Rv within the Upper Mill Creek subwatershed (HUC 050302020605). The page lists 8 pollutants on file, 8 under a numeric limit, and 4 with an effluent exceedance, and records the permit as administratively continued.