Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0056626
GILLIAM CREEK WWTP, Arab, AL: NPDES AL0056626 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GILLIAM CREEK WWTP, held by City of Arab Sewer Board, holds NPDES permit AL0056626. EPA’s file records it issued December 31, 2019 and expiring December 31, 2024. 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 | GILLIAM CREEK WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Arab Sewer Board |
| NPDES ID | AL0056626 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | December 31, 2019 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Arab, AL 35016 |
| Program components on file | 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
- 14Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 14With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 332 | 300 | July 31, 2026 | 77,761% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 12 | 205 | 105 | June 30, 2026 | 514% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 149 | 85 | June 30, 2026 | 338% over the limit |
| E. coli | 4 | 82 | 78 | July 31, 2026 | 8,021% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 79 | 67 | February 28, 2014 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 41 | 33 | March 31, 2026 | 200% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 38 | 30 | July 31, 2022 | 97% over the limit |
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 19 | 13 | July 31, 2025 | 127% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 18 | 2 | November 30, 2025 | |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 11 | 1 | June 30, 2007 | 2,000% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 12 | 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 AL0056626.
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.