Chilhowie Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant
PO Box 5012, Chilhowie, VA 24319 · Smyth County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 0.31 MGD
- Design flow
- 1 MGD
- NPDES permit
- VA0026379
- Administratively continued
- Permit expires
- May 2026
- Population served
- 3,886
- CWNS 2022
Chilhowie Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Chilhowie, Smyth County, Virginia treating an average of 0.31 million gallons per day against a permitted design capacity of 1 MGD, serving about 3,886 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit VA0026379 (administratively continued), which expires in May 2026, with 1 recorded violation in the last three years.
Treatment technology
2 treatment structures and unit processes identified at Chilhowie Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant.
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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 1
- Effluent violations
- 1
Based on NPDES Discharge Monitoring Reports. Full violation history, parameters and discharge data available in the Klarifi platform.
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Chilhowie Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant: frequently asked questions
Sources and methodology
Flow, permit and violation figures come from the EPA's ICIS-NPDES discharge monitoring records. Population served comes from the Clean Watersheds Needs Survey 2022. Treatment structures are identified by Klarifi's review of aerial imagery, and capital improvement projects are extracted from published municipal budget documents. Violations are counted over the last three years of monitoring reports.
Data refreshed October 26, 2026; facility record last updated September 3, 2026.
Wastewater terms: POTW · MGD · NPDES permit · Inflow and infiltration · Tertiary treatment · Significant industrial user · all terms