Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0027561
DAPHNE WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY, Daphne, AL: NPDES AL0027561 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 16Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
DAPHNE WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY, held by DAPHNE UB CITY OF UTILITIES BD, holds NPDES permit AL0027561, which discharges to Blakeley River. EPA’s file records it issued December 30, 2010 and expiring December 31, 2015. 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 | DAPHNE WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | DAPHNE UB CITY OF UTILITIES BD |
| NPDES ID | AL0027561 |
| 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 | December 30, 2010 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2015 |
| Issuing agency | ADEM |
| Address | Daphne, AL 36526 |
| Receiving water | BLAKELEY RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Tensaw River-Apalachee River (HUC 031602040505) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 21Pollutants on file
- 16Under a numeric limit
- 15With a violation of any kind
- 10With 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 | 9 | 45 | 31 | April 30, 2021 | 478% over the limit |
| Enterococci: group D, MF trans, M-E, EIA | 3 | 21 | 21 | July 31, 2018 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Enterococci | 0 | 14 | 14 | July 31, 2026 | 9,770% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 9 | 10 | 8 | December 31, 2017 | 82% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 9 | 8 | July 31, 2004 | 1,950% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 8 | 7 | March 31, 2018 | 127% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 5 | 4 | December 31, 2007 | 52% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 11 | 3 | September 30, 2007 | 33% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 5 | 9 | 2 | September 30, 2007 | 13% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 3 | 2 | October 31, 2010 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| %Effect Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 1 | 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 AL0027561.
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.