AQUIA WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT
Sewer operator · Virginia · Stafford
Map sources: water outlines and launches from OpenBoatLaunch and OpenStreetMap contributors (Open Database License); wastewater outlets from EPA and state records; downstream estimates by DirtyWaterWatch using U.S. Geological Survey maps and flow data. Base map: OpenFreeMap and OpenMapTiles.
Ringed dots mark treatment plant outfalls. Small hollow diamonds mark places named in its overflow reports (provisional). Square boat markers mark boat launches listed by OpenBoatLaunch.
- Federal wastewater discharge permit (NPDES)
- VA0060968, VAN010023
- Wastewater outlets
- 2 treatment plant outfalls listed by EPA or state agencies; 9 places named in its own overflow reports (provisional locations) · List
- Waters listed as receiving wastewater
- Austin Run, UT
- Tracked waters
- Aquia Creek, VA, Accokeek Creek, VA
- Discharge records counted
- 10 records · latest
- Total reported volume in these records
- 298,536 gallons across the 9 records that give a volume (1 without one)
These totals reflect the records we track. Missing volumes and gaps in reporting limit comparisons between operators.
Sources: EPA ECHO and the operator and state sources linked below. Counts use the discharge records on this page. Updated 2026-11-05 06:27 UTC.
Public notices and alerts
We do not list an alert service for this operator yet. Check its website.
Source: AQUIA WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT's public notice and alert pages and the state's notification records.
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Wastewater outlets
Outfall: a pipe or outlet where wastewater enters a water body.
2 treatment plant outfalls listed by EPA or state agencies; 9 places named in its own overflow reports (provisional locations).
Treatment plant outfalls
2 outfalls
- Outfall 001 · receiving water in the permit: Austin Run, UT · no water record yet · status not published
- Outfall 500 · receiving water in the permit: Austin Run, UT · no water record yet · status not published
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) permit records (ICIS-NPDES permitted features): where a treatment plant’s permitted discharge leaves. No national source says whether a plant outfall is open or closed.
Places named in overflow reports (provisional)
9 places · 3 not on the map (reports say the sewage reached no water)
Provisional location from overflow reports. Where the operator's own reports put an overflow: a manhole, pump station or plant. Not an outfall listed in a permit.
- Reported place · 1 overflow report, latest Oct 20, 2026 · confidence medium · Aquia Creek, VA · not on the map: its reports say the sewage did not reach a water
- Reported place · 1 overflow report, latest Aug 8, 2026 · confidence medium · no water record yet · not on the map: its reports say the sewage did not reach a water
- Reported place · 1 overflow report, latest Jul 21, 2026 · confidence medium · Accokeek Creek, VA
- Reported place · 1 overflow report, latest Feb 16, 2026 · confidence medium · Aquia Creek, VA
- Reported place · 1 overflow report, latest Feb 7, 2026 · confidence medium · Aquia Creek, VA
- Reported place · 1 overflow report, latest Dec 19, 2025 · confidence medium · Aquia Creek, VA
- Reported place · 1 overflow report, latest Jun 26, 2025 · confidence medium · Aquia Creek, VA · not on the map: its reports say the sewage did not reach a water
- Reported place · 1 overflow report, latest Mar 30, 2025 · confidence medium · Aquia Creek, VA
- Reported place · 1 overflow report, latest Jan 9, 2025 · confidence medium · Aquia Creek, VA
Source: the operator's own overflow reports to the state. DirtyWaterWatch groups reports within 50 metres into one place and finds the water below it with U.S. Geological Survey river maps (NLDI, NHDPlus). Not a permitted outfall; provisional until an official outfall record exists.
Reports and advisories
Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO): sewage spills from a sewer meant to carry sewage separately from rainwater.
| When | Report | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Aquia Creek · SSO · volume not reported report · notice · map | to Nov 18, 4:40 PM | |
| to 1:45 PM | Water not mapped · SSO · 2,501 gallons report · notice · map | ended |
| to 1:15 PM | Water not mapped · SSO · 9,000 gallons report · notice · map | ended |
| to Jul 22, 11:33 AM | Accokeek Creek · SSO · 181,535 gallons report · notice · map | ended |
| to Feb 17, 12:00 AM | Aquia Creek · SSO · 33,600 gallons report · notice · map | ended |
| to 9:30 AM | Aquia Creek · SSO · 9,000 gallons report · notice · map | ended |
| to 7:30 PM | Aquia Creek · SSO · 11,900 gallons report · notice · map | ended |
| to 7:00 PM | “UT of Aquia Creek, Five day letter indicated that the SSO did not appear to enter the retention pond and no evidence observed downstream.” · SSO · 9,000 gallons report · notice · map | ended |
| Aquia Creek · SSO · 12,000 gallons report · notice · map | ended | |
| to Jan 10 ’25, 12:30 AM | Aquia Creek · SSO · 30,000 gallons report · notice · map | ended |
Sources: Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP) pollution reports, sewage-related, retrieved 2026-11-05 06:14 UTC. A report's record id and times show when you hover or focus its "report" link.
All reports in Virginia by year: 2026 (6 from AQUIA WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT) · 2025 (4 from AQUIA WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT)
Other sewer operators on these waters
The last 90 days
- Caution: to the latest update 1 report: Aquia Creek 1
Show records
The records are also in the report table on this page.
Source: DirtyWaterWatch calculations using the reports named above and the published status rules. Updated 2026-11-05 06:27 UTC.
Reported discharges over time
Historical charts are not available here. See the reports and sources on this page.