Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0051861
COTACO SCHOOL WWTP, Somerville, AL: NPDES AL0051861 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
COTACO SCHOOL WWTP, held by Morgan County Schools, holds NPDES permit AL0051861. EPA’s file records it issued September 20, 2021 and expiring September 30, 2026. 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 | COTACO SCHOOL WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Morgan County Schools |
| NPDES ID | AL0051861 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 20, 2021 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2026 |
| Address | Somerville, AL 35670 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 14Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 12With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 12 | 24 | 16 | October 31, 2015 | 107% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 9 | 5 | September 30, 2013 | 586% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 3 | 1 | February 28, 2007 | |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 2 | 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 AL0051861.
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 September 15, 2026.