Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0049531
WESTERN AREA WWTP, Madison, AL: NPDES AL0049531 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 16Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
WESTERN AREA WWTP, held by City of Huntsville, holds NPDES permit AL0049531. EPA’s file records it issued July 31, 2017 and expiring July 31, 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 | WESTERN AREA WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Huntsville |
| NPDES ID | AL0049531 |
| 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 | July 31, 2017 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Madison, AL 35756 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Matney Branch-Tennessee River (HUC 060300020906) |
| Program components on file | POTW, Pretreatment |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ALR000029413 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 28Pollutants on file
- 16Under a numeric limit
- 23With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. coli | 6 | 14 | 14 | October 31, 2020 | 3,304% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 15 | 2 | August 31, 2018 | 51% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 8 | 2 | May 31, 2009 | 50% over the limit |
| pH | 10 | 8 | 1 | January 31, 2008 | |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 0 | 4 | 1 | June 30, 2001 | 13% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 12 | 1 | 1 | August 31, 2018 | 11% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 8 | 1 | 1 | May 31, 2026 | 31% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 4 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 2014 | 137% over the limit |
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 1 | 1 | October 31, 2012 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 1 | 1 | May 31, 2026 | 18% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 12 | 24 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 2 | 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 | ||
| Methylene blue active substances | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| %Effect Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| %Effect Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 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 AL0049531.
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 October 14, 2026.