EPA · discharge permits by state

Discharge permits in Alabama

13,475Current permits
172Major dischargers
1,746Individual permits

A major discharger is one EPA rates as significant on volume, toxicity or the water it reaches; the rest are minors. An individual permit is written for one operation, while general permit coverage applies a statewide permit to a site that qualifies for it.

This page gathers Alabama’s current permits three ways below — by the program they are issued under, by the city of the discharge, and by watershed. It names 7 programs, 441 cities and 995 watersheds. Each list says which set it covers.

Every permit’s record

Each of the 13,475 current permits in Alabama has a record page: the permittee, the receiving water, the status and dates, and its effluent limits and exceedances. Each city below lists its own; or every permit in Alabama, A to Z.

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By what is permitted in Alabama

By city

The 400 cities with the most permits. All 441 cities in Alabama with 3 or more permits are listed at every city in Alabama.

Watersheds inside Alabama 995

Every watershed with three or more permits in Alabama, most permits first.

All 995 watersheds in Alabama with 3 or more permits are named on one page at every watershed in Alabama.

Other states

Every state carrying three or more current permits, in alphabetical order.

Permits

Major dischargers first. Not every permit in Alabama is listed here.

Permit holder	NPDES ID	City	Program	Discharger	Receiving water
ALABAMA RIVER CELLULOSE LLC	AL0025968	PERDUE HILL		Major	Bradley Mill Creek
ALABASTER WWTP	AL0025828	ALABASTER	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Prairie Brook-Buck Creek
ALDRIDGE CREEK WWTP	AL0056855	HUNTSVILLE	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Aldridge Creek
ANDALUSIA RIVERSIDE WWTP	AL0055417	ANDALUSIA	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Fall Creek
ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT	AL0002658	ANNISTON		Major	Upper Cane Creek
ARCLIN, INC.	AL0000868	ANDALUSIA		Major	Camp Creek-Adams Creek
ARKEMA INC	AL0042447	AXIS	Industrial pretreatment	Major	Cold Creek
ASCEND PERFORMANCE MATERIALS OPERATIONS, LLC	AL0000116	DECATUR		Major	Bakers Creek-Tennessee River
ASHLAND WWTP	AL0020141	ASHLAND	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Horsetrough Creek-Crooked Creek
ATHENS WWTP	AL0020206	ATHENS	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Swan Creek
ATMORE WWTP	AL0049557	ATMORE	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Middle Brushy Creek
ATTALLA WASTEWATER TREATMENT LAGOON	AL0057657	RAINBOW CITY	Publicly owned treatment works	Major
AUBURN NORTHSIDE WPCF	AL0050245	AUBURN	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Upper Sougahatchee Creek
BARRY STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT	AL0002879	BUCKS	Industrial pretreatment	Major	Big Chippewa Lake
BASF MCINTOSH SITE	AL0003093	MCINTOSH	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Lower Lewis Creek
BAYOU LA BATRE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY	AL0078921	BAYOU LA BATRE	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	West Fowl River
BEAVER CREEK WWTP	AL0022756	DOTHAN	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	BEAVER CREEK
BIG COVE WWTP	AL0055042	OWENS CROSS ROADS	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Goose Creek-Flint River
BIG CREEK WWTP	AL0084466	TROY	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Smart Branck-Big Creek
BLOUNTSVILLE PROCESSING	AL0001449	BLOUNTSVILLE		Major	Graves Creek
BLUESTONE COKE, LLC - BIRMINGHAM	AL0003247	BIRMINGHAM		Major	FIVE MILE CR
BOAZ SLAB CREEK WWTP	AL0049603	BOAZ	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Upper Slab Creek
BREWTON LAGOON	AL0023825	BREWTON	Publicly owned treatment works	Major
CAHABA RIVER WRF	AL0023027	BIRMINGHAM	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Patton Creek-Cahaba River
CALERA POLLUTION CONTROL PLANT	AL0050938	CALERA	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Buxahatchee Creek
CAMP BRANCH WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY	AL0074608	CALERA	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Camp Branch
CATOMA CREEK WWTP	AL0027863	MONTGOMERY	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Catoma Creek-Antioch Branch
CENTRE LAGOON	AL0062723	CENTRE	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Weiss Lake-Coosa River
CENTREVILLE-BRENT WWTP	AL0044857	BRENT	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Sandy Creek-Cahaba River
CHASE AREA WWTP	AL0057428	HUNTSVILLE	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Acuff Spring-Flint River
CHICKASAW LAGOON	AL0020885	CHICKASAW	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Lower Chasaw Creek
CHOCCOLOCCO CREEK WWTP	AL0022195	OXFORD	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	City of Anniston
CITY OF ORANGE BEACH WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY	AL0081124	ORANGE BEACH	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Perdido Pass-Frontal Gulf of Mexico
CITY OF PELHAM WWTP	AL0054666	PELHAM	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Prairie Brook-Buck Creek
CLIFTON C. WILLIAMS WWTP	AL0023086	MOBILE	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	MOBILE BAY
CMC STEEL ALABAMA	AL0001554	BIRMINGHAM		Major	Upper Village Creek
COLEY CREEK WWTP	AL0021156	ALEXANDER CITY	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Jay Bird Creek
CONSTELLIUM MUSCLE SHOALS, LLC	AL0000035	MUSCLE SHOALS		Major	Abernathy Bottom-Pond Creek
CULLMAN WWTP	AL0050423	CULLMAN	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Broglen River
CYPRESS CREEK WWTP	AL0023884	FLORENCE	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Cox Creek

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