Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0020427

CORDOVA WWTP, Cordova, AL: NPDES AL0020427 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
13Pollutants under a numeric limit
11Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

CORDOVA WWTP, held by City of Cordova, holds NPDES permit AL0020427. EPA’s file records it issued July 28, 2020 and expiring July 31, 2025.

CORDOVA WWTP, Cordova, Alabama: Individual permit AL0020427, held by City of Cordova; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued July 28, 2020, term to July 31, 2025; Sewage Treatment Facilities.

Solids, total suspended: 8 limits, 206 violations of any kind, 74 effluent exceedances, latest September 30, 2014, largest 726% over the limit.
E. coli: 4 limits, 49 violations of any kind, 47 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2020, largest 8,935% over the limit.
Coliform, fecal general: 0 limits, 68 violations of any kind, 46 effluent exceedances, latest September 30, 2014, largest 24,881% over the limit.
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 4 limits, 105 violations of any kind, 33 effluent exceedances, latest May 31, 2014, largest 139% over the limit.
Chlorine, total residual: 2 limits, 36 violations of any kind, 20 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2020, largest 307% over the limit.
Solids, suspended percent removal: 1 limit, 34 violations of any kind, 16 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2020, largest 333% over the limit.
pH: 2 limits, 48 violations of any kind, 12 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2018.
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 0 limits, 142 violations of any kind, 10 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2008, largest 325% over the limit.
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal: 1 limit, 6 violations of any kind, 5 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2020, largest 65% over the limit.
BOD, 5-day, percent removal: 0 limits, 19 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2008, largest 127% over the limit.
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 8 limits, 10 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2010, largest 7% over the limit.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 36 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]: 4 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]: 4 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Phosphorus, total [as P]: 4 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Alabama holds 397 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 316 were issued before AL0020427.

Coverages issued nearest AL0020427

May 27, 2020: DALLAS COUNTY WWTP, Selma, AL0043176, held by Dallas County Water And Sewer Authority
May 27, 2020: AUTAUGAVILLE WWTP, Autaugaville, AL0057720, held by Town Of Autaugaville
May 27, 2020: PINEDALE WWTP, Ashville, AL0074616, held by Pinedale Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authority
June 25, 2020: LIMESTONE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY LAGOON, Harvest, AL0048461, held by ClearWater Solutions, LLC
June 25, 2020: HOUSTON COUNTY DISTRIBUTION CENTER WWTP, Cottonwood, AL0072669, held by Houston County Commission
July 28, 2020: I-10 WELCOME CENTER, Loxley, AL0024911, held by Alabama Department of Transportation
July 28, 2020: DOZIER LAGOON, Dozier, AL0060518, held by Town of Dozier
August 27, 2020: JAMES CREEK WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, Grove Hill, AL0026891, held by Utilities Board of the Town of Grove Hill
August 27, 2020: KEITH HIGH SCHOOL LAGOON, Orrville, AL0044318, held by Dallas County Board of Education
August 27, 2020: CENTREVILLE-BRENT WWTP, Brent, AL0044857, held by The WW & SB of the City of Centreville and the WWB of the Town of Brent, Alabama

CORDOVA WWTP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 16 discharge permits in the Burnt Cane Creek subwatershed (HUC 031601090603), AL0020427 among them. Its county holds 191, 2 of them major permits; AL0020427 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Burnt Cane Creek subwatershed (HUC 031601090603)

CORINTH MINE, Cordova: AL0066869, minor permit, permit term to August 31, 2021
DORA HIGH SCHOOL, Dora: ALR10C69G, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
EAST WALKER WWTP, Dora: AL0055409, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2020
HERITAGE LANDING, Praco: ALG890661, minor permit, permit term to January 31, 2028
HERITAGE LANDING, Praco: ALR10C448, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
HERITAGE LANDING WRF, Quinton: AL0084468, minor permit, permit term to November 30, 2028
LOCKERBIE PHASE 2, Dora: ALR10C324, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
NELSON BROTHERS SAMOSET FACILITY EXPANSION, Dora: ALR10C74A, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
NELSON BROTHERS, LLC - SAMOSET FACILITY, Cordova: AL0066729, minor permit, permit term to April 30, 2022
NO. 5 MINE, Cordova: AL0079936, minor permit, permit term to October 31, 2017

Identity

Facility as filed	CORDOVA WWTP
Permittee as filed	City of Cordova
NPDES ID	AL0020427
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Publicly owned treatment works
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	July 28, 2020
Expiration date	July 31, 2025
Address	Cordova, AL 35550
Subwatershed	Burnt Cane Creek (HUC 031601090603)
Program components on file	POTW, Pretreatment
NAICS	221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC	4952 – Sewerage Systems

Effluent limits and exceedances

16Pollutants on file
13Under a numeric limit
16With a violation of any kind
11With 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
Solids, total suspended	8	206	74	September 30, 2014	726% over the limit
E. coli	4	49	47	March 31, 2020	8,935% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general	0	68	46	September 30, 2014	24,881% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	4	105	33	May 31, 2014	139% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual	2	36	20	March 31, 2020	307% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal	1	34	16	April 30, 2020	333% over the limit
pH	2	48	12	June 30, 2018
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	0	142	10	March 31, 2008	325% over the limit
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal	1	6	5	April 30, 2020	65% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal	0	19	2	March 31, 2008	127% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	8	10	2	March 31, 2010	7% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	36	0
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]	4	4	0
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]	4	4	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	4	4	0
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	2	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES AL0020427.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES AL0020427.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES AL0020427.

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This public-records page covers the Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES AL0020427 for CORDOVA WWTP in Cordova, AL, held by City of Cordova, a publicly owned treatment works classed as a minor discharger and listed as administratively continued. The page lists 16 pollutants on file, 13 under a numeric limit, 11 with an effluent exceedance, and a discharger class of 13.