Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0020141
ASHLAND WWTP, Ashland, AL: NPDES AL0020141 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 20Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 16Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ASHLAND WWTP, held by Waterworks and Sewer Board of the City of Ashland, holds NPDES permit AL0020141. EPA’s file records it issued December 23, 2016 and expiring December 31, 2021. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | ASHLAND WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Waterworks and Sewer Board of the City of Ashland |
| NPDES ID | AL0020141 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | December 23, 2016 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2021 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Ashland, AL 36251 |
| Subwatershed | Horsetrough Creek-Crooked Creek (HUC 031501090102) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 31Pollutants on file
- 20Under a numeric limit
- 27With a violation of any kind
- 16With an effluent exceedance
An effluent exceedance is a discharge monitoring report value over the permit’s numeric limit (EPA’s violation code E90). A violation of any kind also counts a report not filed. Each row is EPA’s own count for that pollutant.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 18 | 197 | 119 | October 31, 2025 | 707% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 10 | 43 | 43 | April 30, 2016 | 357% over the limit |
| pH | 8 | 61 | 25 | January 31, 2013 | |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 57 | 21 | January 31, 2011 | 9,631% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 2 | 34 | 17 | February 29, 2016 | 224% over the limit |
| E. coli | 18 | 11 | 9 | October 31, 2016 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 4 | 8 | 8 | May 31, 2020 | 73% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 0 | 23 | 6 | March 31, 2006 | 561% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 10 | 6 | October 31, 2024 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 18 | 160 | 4 | February 29, 2016 | 166% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 24 | 3 | August 31, 2011 | 7,991% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 23 | 2 | July 31, 2006 | 15% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 6 | 2 | October 31, 2014 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 2 | 3 | 2 | September 30, 2012 | 73% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 26 | 1 | 1 | January 31, 2011 | 178% over the limit |
| Lead, total recoverable | 0 | 1 | 1 | June 30, 2012 | 39% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 160 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, trivalent dissolved | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Methylene blue active substances | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lead, dissolved [as Pb] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, dissolved [as Ni] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, dissolved [as Zn] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES limits and effluent violations files (ECHO download); up to 60 rows shown, most exceedances first.
Inspections, violations and enforcement
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES AL0020141.
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not include the inspections, formal enforcement actions and informal enforcement actions files, so this page shows none of them. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO lists this permit’s inspections, enforcement actions and penalties.
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES violation, inspection and enforcement files (ECHO download); up to 50 rows of each shown, newest first.
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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.