Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0023680

CAMDEN SOUTH WWTP, Camden, AL: NPDES AL0023680 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
13Pollutants under a numeric limit
8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

CAMDEN SOUTH WWTP, held by City Of Camden, holds NPDES permit AL0023680. EPA’s file records it issued February 22, 2016 and expiring February 28, 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	CAMDEN SOUTH WWTP
Permittee as filed	City Of Camden
NPDES ID	AL0023680
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	February 22, 2016
Expiration date	February 28, 2021
Address	Camden, AL 36726

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

14Pollutants on file
13Under a numeric limit
14With a violation of any kind
8With 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]	4	60	20	November 30, 2015	1,529% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	8	98	10	August 31, 2024	91% over the limit
pH	2	31	10	February 29, 2016
Solids, suspended percent removal	1	20	9	March 31, 2016	513% over the limit
E. coli	4	19	7	November 30, 2015	319% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	8	91	3	July 31, 2015	62% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	12	2	August 31, 2015	24% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general	0	9	1	June 30, 2009	0% over the limit
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]	4	134	0
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]	4	134	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	4	130	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	20	0
Chlorine, total residual	2	20	0
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal	1	4	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 AL0023680.

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.

This public-records page covers NPDES discharge permit AL0023680 for the CAMDEN SOUTH WWTP in Camden, AL, held by City Of Camden, with a status of administratively continued and a Minor Discharger class. The permit's file lists 14 pollutants on file, 13 of them under a numeric limit, and 8 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.