Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0055786
SARALAND WWTP, Saraland, AL: NPDES AL0055786 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 18Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SARALAND WWTP, held by SARALAND CITY OF, holds NPDES permit AL0055786, which discharges to Bayou Sara. EPA’s file records it issued February 26, 2010 and expiring February 28, 2015. 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 | SARALAND WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | SARALAND CITY OF |
| NPDES ID | AL0055786 |
| 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 | February 26, 2010 |
| Expiration date | February 28, 2015 |
| Issuing agency | ADEM |
| Address | Saraland, AL 36571 |
| Receiving water | BAYOU SARA |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Bayou Sara (HUC 031602040402) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 21Pollutants on file
- 18Under a numeric limit
- 20With a violation of any kind
- 9With 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] | 9 | 65 | 45 | May 31, 2017 | 930% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 9 | 76 | 40 | September 30, 2024 | 813% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 49 | 33 | April 30, 2026 | 373% over the limit |
| Enterococci: group D, MF trans, M-E, EIA | 3 | 36 | 28 | December 31, 2017 | 203,449% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 13 | 50 | 14 | June 30, 2021 | 213% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 11 | 8 | June 30, 2021 | 87% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 10 | 6 | September 30, 2017 | 40% over the limit |
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 5 | 2 | March 31, 2017 | 13% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 1 | 1 | September 30, 2012 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 5 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 5 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 5 | 16 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 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 AL0055786.
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.