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Buckhannon Sewer Plant

Hall Road - Lat: 39.0078 Long: -80.2178, Buckhannon, WV 26201 · Upshur County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works

Average flow
1.17 MGD
Design flow
2.5 MGD
NPDES permit
WV0032336
Expired
Permit expires
May 2012
Population served
14,148
CWNS 2022

Buckhannon Sewer Plant is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Buckhannon, Upshur County, West Virginia treating an average of 1.17 million gallons per day against a permitted design capacity of 2.5 MGD, serving about 14,148 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit WV0032336 (expired), which expires in May 2012, with 60 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 1 formal enforcement action naming the plant, the latest in March 2024.

Treatment technology

2 treatment structures and unit processes identified at Buckhannon Sewer Plant.

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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)

Total violations
60
Effluent violations
42

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 Buckhannon Sewer Plant in EPA's ICIS system.

Formal actions
1
1 since FY2020
Penalties assessed
$3,000
all cases
EPA inspections
0
none on record

Latest case · Mar 2024

City of Buckhannon CWA 309G2E AO For Class I Penalties Biosolids Expedited Settlement Program

Administrative order · CWA, Sewage Sludge Disposal · Final Order With Penalty · Penalty $3,000

EPA's description of the case:

“EPA seeks to resolve claims for penalties against Buckhannon, WV for violations of CWA Part 503 biosolids regulations”

Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 07-2024-0015.

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Buckhannon Sewer 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 August 6, 2026.

Wastewater terms: POTW · MGD · NPDES permit · Inflow and infiltration · Filter press · FOG · all terms


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