Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0023094
WRIGHT SMITH JR. WWTP, Mobile, AL: NPDES AL0023094 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
WRIGHT SMITH JR. WWTP, held by MOBILE WRIGHT SMITH WWTP, holds NPDES permit AL0023094, which discharges to Three Mile Creek. EPA’s file records it issued July 15, 2004 and expiring July 31, 2009. 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 | WRIGHT SMITH JR. WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | MOBILE WRIGHT SMITH WWTP |
| NPDES ID | AL0023094 |
| 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 | July 15, 2004 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2009 |
| Address | Mobile, AL 36652 |
| Receiving water | THREE MILE CREEK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Grand Bay (HUC 031602040403) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 35Pollutants on file
- 12Under a numeric limit
- 35With a violation of any kind
- 9With 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] | 8 | 119 | 94 | June 30, 2016 | 2,622% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 0 | 100 | 84 | June 30, 2016 | 1,043% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 12 | 33 | 12 | March 31, 2013 | 850% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 15 | 12 | June 30, 2016 | 115% over the limit |
| pH | 8 | 18 | 3 | March 31, 2026 | |
| Chlorine, total residual | 3 | 16 | 3 | December 31, 2024 | 90% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 5 | 2 | March 31, 2013 | 27% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 12 | 46 | 1 | March 31, 2013 | 4% over the limit |
| Enterococci: group D, MF trans, M-E, EIA | 0 | 7 | 1 | January 31, 2025 | 42% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 6 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, dissolved [as As] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dissolved [as Cd] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, dissolved [as Cr] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Lead, dissolved [as Pb] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, dissolved [as Ni] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Silver, dissolved [as Ag] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, dissolved [as Zn] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, dissolved [as Hg] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| %Mortality Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static 48Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static 48Hr Acute Cyprinodon variegatus | 0 | 1 | 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 AL0023094.
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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