Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0043168
DEMOPOLIS WWTP, Demopolis, AL: NPDES AL0043168 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 19Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 1Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
DEMOPOLIS WWTP, held by The Water Works and Sewer Board of the City of Demopolis, holds NPDES permit AL0043168. EPA’s file records it issued March 23, 2016 and expiring March 31, 2021. 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 | DEMOPOLIS WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | The Water Works and Sewer Board of the City of Demopolis |
| NPDES ID | AL0043168 |
| 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 | March 23, 2016 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2021 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Demopolis, AL 36732 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Hall Creek-Tombigbee River (HUC 031602010401) |
| 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
- 34Pollutants on file
- 19Under a numeric limit
- 28With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 6 | 93 | 68 | July 31, 2009 | 213% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 20 | 16 | July 31, 2009 | 400% over the limit |
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 21 | 10 | September 30, 2020 | 75% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 10 | 52 | 6 | November 30, 2005 | 323% over the limit |
| E. coli | 6 | 5 | 5 | September 30, 2011 | 152% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 15 | 4 | March 31, 2004 | 57% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 10 | 46 | 2 | September 30, 2002 | 68% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 24 | 1 | April 30, 2002 | 440% over the limit |
| %Effect Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 0 | 6 | 1 | May 31, 2001 | 900% over the limit |
| pH | 6 | 29 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, dissolved [as As] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dissolved [as Cd] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, dissolved [as Cr] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Lead, dissolved [as Pb] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, dissolved [as Ni] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Silver, dissolved [as Ag] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, dissolved [as Zn] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, dissolved [as Hg] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barium, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 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 AL0043168.
Inspections
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| April 7, 2026 | Evaluation | S |
Formal enforcement and penalties
0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.
Informal enforcement
EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES AL0043168.
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.