Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0023116
HELENA WWTP, Helena, AL: NPDES AL0023116 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 17Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 11Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
HELENA WWTP, held by City of Helena Utilities Board, holds NPDES permit AL0023116. EPA’s file records it issued February 27, 2018 and expiring February 28, 2023. 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 | HELENA WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Helena Utilities Board |
| NPDES ID | AL0023116 |
| 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 | February 27, 2018 |
| Expiration date | February 28, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Helena, AL 35080 |
| Subwatershed | Prairie Brook-Buck Creek (HUC 031502020203) |
| 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
- 27Pollutants on file
- 17Under a numeric limit
- 24With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 8 | 132 | 104 | November 30, 2024 | 495% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 126 | 99 | November 30, 2024 | 1,881% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 8 | 53 | 24 | September 30, 2021 | 550% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 12 | 64 | 20 | November 30, 2024 | 1,576% over the limit |
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 43 | 13 | May 31, 2009 | 5,658% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 61 | 7 | September 30, 2004 | 923% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 20 | 6 | June 30, 2012 | 124% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 6 | 6 | October 31, 2017 | 78% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 10 | 3 | November 30, 2010 | 21% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 9 | 3 | November 30, 2004 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 9 | 2 | April 30, 2006 | 65% over the limit |
| Phosphate, ortho [as P] | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Methylene blue active substances | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Lead, dissolved [as Pb] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, dissolved [as Ni] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, dissolved [as Zn] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 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 AL0023116.
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.