Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0024368
VERNON WATER AND SEWER WASTEWATER LAGOON, Vernon, AL: NPDES AL0024368 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
VERNON WATER AND SEWER WASTEWATER LAGOON, held by Vernon Water & Sewer Board, holds NPDES permit AL0024368. EPA’s file records it issued January 30, 2018 and expiring January 31, 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 | VERNON WATER AND SEWER WASTEWATER LAGOON |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Vernon Water & Sewer Board |
| NPDES ID | AL0024368 |
| 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 | January 30, 2018 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2023 |
| Address | Vernon, AL 35592 |
| 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
- 14Pollutants on file
- 11Under a numeric limit
- 14With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 297 | 259 | July 31, 2026 | 3,433% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 0 | 77 | 72 | June 30, 2017 | 393% over the limit |
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 0 | 70 | 69 | January 31, 2018 | 564% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 61 | 29 | January 31, 2017 | 173% over the limit |
| E. coli | 4 | 26 | 22 | September 30, 2024 | 271% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 51 | 17 | February 28, 2011 | 325% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 17 | 12 | July 31, 2011 | 30% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 44 | 5 | December 31, 2024 | 46% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 15 | 5 | December 31, 2025 | |
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 64 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 63 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 62 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 35 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 10 | 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 AL0024368.
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.