Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WVG640040

TOWN OF CLAY WATER TREATMENT PLANT, Clay, WV: NPDES WVG640040 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
8Pollutants under a numeric limit
3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

TOWN OF CLAY WATER TREATMENT PLANT, held by CLAY, TOWN OF, holds NPDES permit WVG640040, which discharges to Elk Rv/Kanawha Rv. EPA’s file records it issued February 6, 2019 and expiring July 18, 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	TOWN OF CLAY WATER TREATMENT PLANT
Permittee as filed	CLAY, TOWN OF
NPDES ID	WVG640040
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Coverage under a general permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	February 6, 2019
Expiration date	July 18, 2023
Address	Clay, WV 25043
Receiving water	ELK RV/KANAWHA RV
Subwatershed	Laurel Run-Elk River (HUC 050500070608)
SIC	4941 – Water Supply

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
8Under a numeric limit
8With a violation of any kind
3With 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 recoverable	4	55	35	March 31, 2025	1,727% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	4	23	3	June 30, 2022	380% over the limit
pH	4	20	2	June 30, 2019
Fluoride, total [as F]	4	22	0
Iron, total recoverable	4	20	0
Manganese, total recoverable	4	20	0
Chlorine, total residual	4	18	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	9	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

3Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
March 26, 2025	Management Practice Violations - Best Management Practice Deficiencies	ST6
September 18, 2019	Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment)	ST6
September 18, 2019	Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance	ST6

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

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES WVG640040 for the TOWN OF CLAY WATER TREATMENT PLANT in Clay, WV, held by CLAY, TOWN OF, with permit status administratively continued and a discharger class of Minor. The page lists 8 pollutants under a numeric limit and 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit recorded as issued February 6, 2019 and expiring July 18, 2023.