Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0024724
EAST ALABAMA LOWER VALLEY WWTP, Valley, AL: NPDES AL0024724 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 16Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 14Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
EAST ALABAMA LOWER VALLEY WWTP, held by East Alabama Water, Sewer, and Fire Protection District, holds NPDES permit AL0024724. EPA’s file records it issued April 26, 2017 and expiring April 30, 2022. 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 | EAST ALABAMA LOWER VALLEY WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | East Alabama Water, Sewer, and Fire Protection District |
| NPDES ID | AL0024724 |
| 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 | April 26, 2017 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Valley, AL 36854 |
| Subwatershed | Crow Hop-Chattahoochee River (HUC 031300020908) |
| Program components on file | Biosolids, 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
- 31Pollutants on file
- 16Under a numeric limit
- 31With a violation of any kind
- 14With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 10 | 110 | 48 | April 30, 2024 | 875% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 6 | 70 | 32 | December 31, 2024 | 111% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 44 | 32 | January 31, 2011 | 2,264% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 33 | 26 | March 31, 2023 | 254% over the limit |
| E. coli | 6 | 28 | 26 | July 31, 2026 | 8,019% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 10 | 72 | 16 | April 30, 2025 | 183% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 22 | 5 | January 31, 2010 | 574% over the limit |
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 11 | 4 | February 28, 2022 | 125% over the limit |
| %Effect Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 0 | 4 | 3 | September 30, 2005 | 50% over the limit |
| pH | 6 | 23 | 2 | March 31, 2010 | |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 18 | 2 | June 30, 2005 | 6% over the limit |
| Color [admi units] | 0 | 13 | 2 | March 31, 2003 | |
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 2 | 2 | December 31, 2024 | 2,293% over the limit |
| Thallium, total recoverable | 0 | 3 | 1 | January 31, 2012 | 193% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 6 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 6 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 6 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Lead, dissolved [as Pb] | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, dissolved [as Ni] | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, dissolved [as Zn] | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Methylene blue active substances | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| %Effect Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 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 AL0024724.
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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