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Galax Wastewater Treatment Facility

271 Stockguard Road, Galax, VA 24333 · Galax City County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works

Average flow
1.43 MGD
Design flow
—
NPDES permit
VAL078484
Effective
Permit expires
December 2030
Population served
6,798
CWNS 2022

Galax Wastewater Treatment Facility is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Galax, Galax City County, Virginia treating an average of 1.43 million gallons per day, serving about 6,798 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit VAL078484 (effective), which expires in December 2030, with 1 recorded violation in the last three years. EPA has recorded 1 formal enforcement action naming the plant, the latest in March 2013.

Treatment technology

2 treatment structures and unit processes identified at Galax Wastewater Treatment Facility.

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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.

EPA enforcement history

Federal civil enforcement cases, compliance inspections and informal actions recorded for Galax Wastewater Treatment Facility in EPA's ICIS system.

Formal actions
1
0 since FY2020
Penalties assessed
$50,000
all cases
Compliance actions
$1.1M
required by EPA orders
EPA inspections
0
none on record

Latest case · Mar 2013

GALAX, CITY OF

Judicial case · CWA, NPDES Permit Violations · Final Order With Penalty · Penalty $50,000 · Compliance actions $1.1M

Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 03-2000-0506.

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Key contacts

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Galax Wastewater Treatment Facility: 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 May 29, 2025.

Wastewater terms: POTW · MGD · NPDES permit · Inflow and infiltration · Anaerobic digester · Lift station · all terms


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