Anaerobic digesters and biogas: wastewater treatment plants in West Virginia
9 plants · 4% of the state · 27 MGD combined
Klarifi identifies 9 publicly owned wastewater treatment plants with anaerobic digesters and biogas in West Virginia, 4% of the 228 plants in the state (27 MGD combined). The largest is City Of Wheeling - Water Pollution Control Division in Wheeling at 6.65 MGD.
Anaerobic digesters stabilise sludge in sealed heated tanks and produce biogas, visible from the air as digester silos and gas holders. Plants with digesters are typically above 5 MGD and are the buyers of mixing, heating, gas handling, cogeneration and dewatering equipment.
The largest plants with anaerobic digesters in West Virginia
| # | Facility | City | Avg flow (MGD) | NPDES permit | Expires | Violations (3y) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | City Of Wheeling - Water Pollution Control Division | Wheeling | 6.65 | WV0023230 | Jun 2010 | 130 |
| 2 | Fairmont Wastewater Treatment Plant | Fairmont | 6.18 | WVL023353 | Dec 2030 | 52 |
| 3 | Parkersburg Utility Board | Parkersburg | 5.53 | WVL023213 | Dec 2030 | 3 |
| 4 | Princeton, City Of | Princeton | 3.64 | WVL023094 | Dec 2030 | 21 |
| 5 | Malden Public Service District | Charleston | 1.99 | WVL050610 | Dec 2030 | 0 |
| 6 | Martinsburg City Of WWTP | Martinsburg | 1.84 | WV0023167 | Dec 2012 | 61 |
| 7 | Oak Hill, City Of | Oak Hill | 0.88 | WV0020281 | May 2014 | 247 |
| 8 | Hancock County Psd | New Cumberland | 0.08 | WV0101729 | Mar 2011 | 21 |
| 9 | Oakvale Road Psd | Princeton | 0.000033 | WV0080489 | Feb 2014 | 38 |
Contacts and project signals for every plant on this list
Klarifi adds verified decision-maker contacts, permit limits, discharge monitoring data and the capital projects planned in each city, filterable by technology, size and compliance record.
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Anaerobic digesters and biogas in West Virginia: 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.
Wastewater terms: Anaerobic digester · Biosolids · Sludge dewatering · Centrate · Tertiary treatment · Significant industrial user · all terms