Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0047945

WATERLOO HIGH SCHOOL WWTP, Waterloo, AL: NPDES AL0047945 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
13Pollutants under a numeric limit
5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

WATERLOO HIGH SCHOOL WWTP, held by Lauderdale County Board of Education, holds NPDES permit AL0047945. EPA’s file records it issued August 28, 2018 and expiring August 31, 2023.

WATERLOO HIGH SCHOOL WWTP, Waterloo, Alabama: Individual permit AL0047945, held by Lauderdale County Board of Education; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued August 28, 2018, term to August 31, 2023; Sewage Treatment Facilities.

Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 4 limits, 14 violations of any kind, 6 effluent exceedances, latest January 31, 2013, largest 208% over the limit.
Solids, total suspended: 8 limits, 13 violations of any kind, 5 effluent exceedances, latest September 30, 2003, largest 71% over the limit.
Solids, suspended percent removal: 1 limit, 6 violations of any kind, 5 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2012, largest 567% over the limit.
Coliform, fecal general: 0 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest September 30, 2006, largest 100% over the limit.
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest July 31, 2004, largest 443% over the limit.
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 8 limits, 16 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]: 4 limits, 12 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]: 4 limits, 12 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Phosphorus, total [as P]: 4 limits, 12 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
pH: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Chlorine, total residual: 2 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
E. coli: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Alabama holds 397 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 232 were issued before AL0047945. Lauderdale County Board of Education holds 5 permits in Alabama.

Other permits held by Lauderdale County Board of Education

BROOKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WWTP, Killen: AL0047953, issued November 29, 2018
CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL LAGOON, Florence: AL0057118, issued February 24, 2021
BROOKS HIGH SCHOOL WWTP, Killen: AL0057126, issued January 29, 2021
ROGERS HIGH SCHOOL LAGOON, Florence: AL0057134, issued May 26, 2021

Coverages issued nearest AL0047945

June 28, 2018: RIVERCHASE WWTP, Hoover, AL0041653, held by City of Hoover
July 27, 2018: KIMBERLY-CLARK CORP, Mobile, AL0002801, held by Kimberly Clark Corp
July 27, 2018: CAMP BRANCH WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY, Calera, AL0074608, held by City of Calera
July 30, 2018: JOE WHEELER STATE PARK AND ROGERSVILLE LAGOON, Rogersville, AL0032387, held by Alabama Dept. of Conservation and Rogersville Water & Sewer Board
August 28, 2018: INVERNESS WWTP, Hoover, AL0025852, held by City of Hoover
August 28, 2018: DADEVILLE WWTP, Dadeville, AL0063797, held by City of Dadeville
August 28, 2018: RUSSELL COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL, Seale, AL0073750, held by Russell County Board of Education
August 29, 2018: DAUPHIN ISLAND WWTP, Dauphin Island, AL0050547, held by Dauphin Island Water, Sewer, and Fire Protection Authority
September 28, 2018: DECATUR UTILITIES WWTP, Decatur, AL0048593, held by Decatur Utilities
September 28, 2018: ATTALLA WASTEWATER TREATMENT LAGOON, Rainbow City, AL0057657, held by City Of Attalla

WATERLOO HIGH SCHOOL WWTP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 1 discharge permits in the Second Creek subwatershed (HUC 060300050902), AL0047945 among them. Its county holds 202, 1 of them major permits; AL0047945 is a minor permit.

Identity

Facility as filed	WATERLOO HIGH SCHOOL WWTP
Permittee as filed	Lauderdale County Board of Education
NPDES ID	AL0047945
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	August 28, 2018
Expiration date	August 31, 2023
Address	Waterloo, AL 35677
Subwatershed	Second Creek (HUC 060300050902)
NAICS	221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC	4952 – Sewerage Systems

Effluent limits and exceedances

14Pollutants on file
13Under a numeric limit
13With a violation of any kind
5With 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]	4	14	6	January 31, 2013	208% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	8	13	5	September 30, 2003	71% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal	1	6	5	June 30, 2012	567% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general	0	4	2	September 30, 2006	100% over the limit
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal	1	2	1	July 31, 2004	443% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	8	16	0
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]	4	12	0
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]	4	12	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	4	12	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	4	0
pH	2	2	0
Chlorine, total residual	2	1	0
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	1	0
E. coli	2	0	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES AL0047945.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES AL0047945.

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 AL0047945.

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This public-records page covers the Clean Water Act NPDES discharge permit AL0047945 for the Waterloo High School WWTP in Waterloo, AL, held by the Lauderdale County Board of Education, which is administratively continued past its expiration date. The facts list a Minor discharger class, 13 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 5 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.