Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0057126

BROOKS HIGH SCHOOL WWTP, Killen, AL: NPDES AL0057126 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
13Pollutants under a numeric limit
6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

BROOKS HIGH SCHOOL WWTP, held by Lauderdale County Board of Education, holds NPDES permit AL0057126. EPA’s file records it issued January 29, 2021 and expiring January 31, 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	BROOKS HIGH SCHOOL WWTP
Permittee as filed	Lauderdale County Board of Education
NPDES ID	AL0057126
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Publicly owned treatment works
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	January 29, 2021
Expiration date	January 31, 2026
Address	Killen, AL 35645
Subwatershed	McKieman Creek-Tennessee River (HUC 060300050801)

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
6With 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	17	11	February 28, 2023	539% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	8	21	9	August 31, 2014	130% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general	0	5	3	December 31, 2005	100% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	8	14	2	March 31, 2014	100% over the limit
pH	2	4	2	March 31, 2008
Solids, suspended percent removal	1	3	2	January 31, 2024	103% over the limit
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]	4	8	0
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]	4	8	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	4	8	0
E. coli	4	4	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	2	0
Chlorine, total residual	2	1	0
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	1	0
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal	1	1	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 AL0057126.

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.

This public-records page covers NPDES permit AL0057126 for the BROOKS HIGH SCHOOL WWTP in Killen, AL, held by Lauderdale County Board of Education, with the permit listed as administratively continued. The facts list 14 pollutants on file, 13 under a numeric limit, 14 with a violation of any kind, and 6 with an effluent exceedance.