Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0024376

PIEDMONT LAGOON, Piedmont, AL: NPDES AL0024376 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MajorDischarger class
16Pollutants under a numeric limit
8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

PIEDMONT LAGOON, held by City of Piedmont Water, Sewer & Gas Board, holds NPDES permit AL0024376. EPA’s file records it issued February 28, 2017 and expiring February 28, 2022. 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	PIEDMONT LAGOON
Permittee as filed	City of Piedmont Water, Sewer & Gas Board
NPDES ID	AL0024376
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 28, 2017
Expiration date	February 28, 2022
Address	Piedmont, AL 36272
Subwatershed	Nances Creek (HUC 031501050905)

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

Effluent limits and exceedances

24Pollutants on file
16Under a numeric limit
24With 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
E. coli	5	60	58	June 30, 2026	2,460% over the limit
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal	1	47	46	December 31, 2022	327% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	9	45	34	January 31, 2025	335% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal	1	35	34	June 30, 2017	186% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	9	53	33	December 31, 2024	108% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general	0	35	33	July 31, 2011	740% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	9	27	8	November 30, 2017	53% over the limit
pH	4	11	2	June 30, 2012
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]	5	6	0
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]	5	6	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	5	6	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	3	6	0
Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP]	0	3	0
Methylene blue active substances	0	3	0
Chlorine, total residual	2	2	0
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	2	0
Oil & Grease	1	2	0
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]	0	2	0
Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia	1	1	0
Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]	1	1	0
Copper, dissolved [as Cu]	0	1	0
Lead, dissolved [as Pb]	0	1	0
Nickel, dissolved [as Ni]	0	1	0
Zinc, dissolved [as Zn]	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 AL0024376.

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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This public-records page covers NPDES permit AL0024376 for PIEDMONT LAGOON in Piedmont, AL, held by City of Piedmont Water, Sewer & Gas Board, with a permit status of administratively continued and a Major Discharger class. The page lists 24 pollutants on file, 16 under a numeric limit, and 8 with an effluent exceedance, with the permit's issue date of February 28, 2017 and expiration date of February 28, 2022 as recorded in EPA's file.