Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0020532
GREENVILLE WWTP, Greenville, AL: NPDES AL0020532 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 19Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 15Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GREENVILLE WWTP, held by Water Works and Sewer Board of the City of Greenville, holds NPDES permit AL0020532. EPA’s file records it issued November 30, 2021 and expiring November 30, 2026. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | GREENVILLE WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Water Works and Sewer Board of the City of Greenville |
| NPDES ID | AL0020532 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | November 30, 2021 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2026 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Greenville, AL 36037 |
| Subwatershed | Headwaters Persimmon Creek (HUC 031403030102) |
| Program components on file | POTW, Pretreatment |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 22Pollutants on file
- 19Under a numeric limit
- 21With a violation of any kind
- 15With 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] | 6 | 73 | 67 | April 30, 2025 | 1,097% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 10 | 22 | 22 | June 30, 2026 | 29% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 10 | 20 | 14 | February 29, 2012 | 439% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 10 | 10 | January 31, 2003 | 2,800% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 10 | 8 | June 30, 2021 | 1,056% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 12 | 6 | August 31, 2004 | 305% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 6 | 6 | February 28, 2026 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| E. coli | 6 | 10 | 4 | October 31, 2023 | 98% over the limit |
| pH | 6 | 15 | 3 | April 30, 2025 | |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 2 | 2 | November 30, 2002 | 28% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 7 | 1 | December 31, 2019 | 201% over the limit |
| Nickel, total recoverable | 2 | 1 | 1 | March 31, 2021 | 459% over the limit |
| Color [admi units] | 1 | 1 | 1 | January 31, 2023 | |
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 1 | 1 | November 30, 2017 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 1 | 1 | May 31, 2007 | 75% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 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 AL0020532.
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 October 14, 2026.