Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0049557
ATMORE WWTP, Atmore, AL: NPDES AL0049557 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 21Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 17Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ATMORE WWTP, held by West Escambia Utilities, Inc., holds NPDES permit AL0049557. EPA’s file records it issued August 25, 2023 and expiring August 31, 2028. 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 | ATMORE WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | West Escambia Utilities, Inc. |
| NPDES ID | AL0049557 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | August 25, 2023 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2028 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Atmore, AL 36504 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Middle Brushy Creek (HUC 031401060302) |
| 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
- 34Pollutants on file
- 21Under a numeric limit
- 33With a violation of any kind
- 17With 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] | 10 | 174 | 124 | April 30, 2020 | 5,000% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 47 | 39 | November 30, 2020 | 481% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 10 | 164 | 38 | October 31, 2008 | 423% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 14 | 60 | 30 | April 30, 2020 | 85% over the limit |
| Silver total recoverable | 0 | 39 | 30 | February 29, 2012 | 6,567% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 36 | 24 | December 31, 2009 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 21 | 19 | November 30, 2025 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| pH | 6 | 59 | 18 | July 31, 2009 | |
| Cyanide, total recoverable | 0 | 22 | 14 | August 31, 2009 | 183% over the limit |
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 0 | 19 | 11 | March 31, 2009 | 525% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 14 | 11 | May 31, 2008 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Mercury, total recoverable | 2 | 16 | 10 | December 31, 2024 | 525% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 9 | 5 | July 31, 2009 | 166% over the limit |
| Color [admi units] | 0 | 8 | 4 | September 30, 2006 | |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 18 | 2 | April 30, 2008 | 17% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 0 | 12 | 1 | August 31, 2005 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Lead, total recoverable | 2 | 9 | 1 | October 31, 2014 | 53% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 96 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 35 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 6 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 6 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 6 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Chloride | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent tot recoverable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, dissolved [as Zn] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 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 AL0049557.
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.