Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0051691
BUCKHORN HIGH SCHOOL WWTP, New Market, AL: NPDES AL0051691 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BUCKHORN HIGH SCHOOL WWTP, held by Living Water Utilities, LLC, holds NPDES permit AL0051691. EPA’s file records it issued January 25, 2017 and expiring January 31, 2022. 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 | BUCKHORN HIGH SCHOOL WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Living Water Utilities, LLC |
| NPDES ID | AL0051691 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | January 25, 2017 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | New Market, AL 35761 |
| Subwatershed | Pigrum Branch-Flint River (HUC 060300020307) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 14Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 14With 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 | 62 | 54 | August 31, 2019 | 2,008% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 24 | 8 | March 31, 2015 | 411% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 6 | 4 | April 30, 2018 | 38% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 5 | 1 | November 30, 2006 | |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 5 | 1 | November 30, 2006 | 100% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 2 | 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 AL0051691.
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.
Watch this permit
One permit holder, $99/month. Watch the register for one permit holder and the places and receiving waters tied to its permits. Choose “One permit holder” and enter this permit’s NPDES ID, AL0051691.
Start the watch
- One permit holder — $99/month
- One watershed — $2,990/year
- One state — $4,990/year
- The whole register — $18,000/year
How we handle your data → Privacy
EPA publishes a free Detailed Facility Report for every permit on ECHO: its compliance status quarter by quarter, its inspections, and its enforcement actions and penalties. EPA also sends free notices of new inspections and enforcement actions through ECHO Notify; enter NPDES ID AL0051691 there.
Nearby on the register
- Discharge permits in New Market
- Every permit record in New Market, A to Z
- Discharge permits in Alabama
- Every permit record in Alabama, A to Z
Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.