Virginia wastewater permits expiring in 2026
13 NPDES permits · 2 MGD combined average flow
13 publicly owned wastewater treatment plants in Virginia hold NPDES permits that expire during 2026, issued by Virginia Department of Environmental Quality. The table lists each plant with its permit number, expiry month, average flow, treatment technology and three-year violation count, in order of expiry.
An NPDES permit runs for five years. To keep discharging, a plant must apply for renewal at least 180 days before the expiry date, and the renewed permit usually arrives with tighter effluent limits, new monitoring requirements or a compliance schedule. That is why the year a permit expires is the year a plant starts budgeting for upgrades: nutrient removal, disinfection, capacity or controls.
| Facility | City | Avg flow (MGD) | NPDES permit | Expires | Violations (3y) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chilhowie Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant | Chilhowie | 0.31 | VA0026379 | May 2026 | 1 |
| Claypool Hill Wastewater Treatment Plant | Cedar Bluff | 0.23 | VA0064271 | Jun 2026 | 0 |
| Lee County Psa - Hickory Flats WWTP | Jonesville | 0.26 | VA0089397 | Nov 2026 | 7 |
| Fighting Creek WWTF | Powhatan | 0.04 | VA0089206 | Nov 2026 | 53 |
| Wvwa - Eagle Rock WWTP | Eagle Rock | 0.0051 | VA0076350 | Nov 2026 | 0 |
| Pittsylvania Co - Dan River High School | Ringgold | 0.0024 | VA0027685 | Nov 2026 | 7 |
| Mount Jackson WWTP | Mount Jackson | 0.37 | VA0026441 | Dec 2026 | 1 |
| Town Of Elkton STP | Elkton | 0.29 | VA0026433 | Dec 2026 | 3 |
| Edinburg STP | Edinburg | 0.1 | VA0020508 | Dec 2026 | 1 |
| Warm Springs STP | Warm Springs | 0.03 | VA0028233 | Dec 2026 | 17 |
| Rush River Wastewater Treatment Plant | Washington | 0.03 | VAN020108 | Dec 2026 | 30 |
| Clover WWTP | Clover | 0.02 | VA0073733 | Dec 2026 | 0 |
| Schuyler STP | Schuyler | 0.0032 | VA0026484 | Dec 2026 | 13 |
Virginia permit renewals in 2026: 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.
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Klarifi. “NPDES permits expiring in 2026: Virginia wastewater plants.” Updated October 26, 2026. https://klarifi.io/facilities/virginia/permits-expiring/2026Need a custom cut of the data for a state, a county or a list of plants? Email info@klarifi.io.