Richmond WWTP
1400 Brander Street, Richmond, VA 23224 · Richmond County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 60.7 MGD
- Design flow
- —
- NPDES permit
- VAL063177
- Effective
- Permit expires
- December 2030
- Population served
- 278,696
- CWNS 2022
Richmond WWTP is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Richmond, Richmond County, Virginia treating an average of 60.7 million gallons per day, serving about 278,696 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit VAL063177 (effective), which expires in December 2030, with 31 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 2 formal enforcement actions naming the plant, the latest in June 2008.
Treatment technology
2 treatment structures and unit processes identified at Richmond WWTP.
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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 31
- Effluent violations
- 27
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 Richmond WWTP in EPA's ICIS system.
- Formal actions
- 2
- 0 since FY2020
- Penalties assessed
- $300
- all cases
- Compliance actions
- $226,000
- required by EPA orders
- EPA inspections
- 3
- latest Jan 2012
Latest case · Jun 2008
RICHMOND WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY
Administrative order · CAA, Prevention of Accidental Release/Risk Management Plans (RMPs) · Final Order With Penalty · Penalty $300 · Compliance actions $16,000
Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 03-2008-0158.
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Every action against Richmond WWTP with dates, milestones, violation types and EPA's complete case summaries, plus inspections and informal actions.
Capital improvement projects in Richmond
Richmond's capital improvement plan lists 12 water, sewer and wastewater line items worth $1.6B starting 2025–2026. The largest budgeted items are shown here.
All water and sewer capital projects in Richmond →
| Project | Budget | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Sanitary Sewer Upgrade | $343,311,000 | 2026–2030 |
| Sanitary Sewers | $330,934,000 | 2025–2029 |
| Combined Sewer Overflow | $199,621,000 | 2026–2030 |
| Water Utility Distribution System Improvements | $162,448,000 | 2026–2030 |
| Wastewater Treatment | $138,804,046 | 2025–2029 |
Full project details — scope, funding source, engineering consultant and the decision-makers behind each project — are available in Klarifi, along with similar wastewater capital projects in other cities.
Key contacts
3 verified contacts for Richmond WWTP, with validated emails and direct phone numbers.
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Charles City · 22 mi away
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Hanover · 22 mi away
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Doswell · 22 mi away
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Charles City · 23 mi away
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Richmond WWTP: 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 March 1, 2025.
Wastewater terms: POTW · MGD · NPDES permit · Inflow and infiltration · Sludge dewatering · Biological nutrient removal · all terms