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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0057169

BRILLIANT WWTP, Brilliant, AL: NPDES AL0057169 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BRILLIANT WWTP, held by Town Of Brilliant, holds NPDES permit AL0057169. 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 (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedBRILLIANT WWTP
Permittee as filedTown Of Brilliant
NPDES IDAL0057169
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedJanuary 25, 2017
Expiration dateJanuary 31, 2022
AddressBrilliant, AL 35548
SubwatershedLittle New River (HUC 031601070103)
Program components on filePOTW, Pretreatment
NAICS221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC4952 – 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

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]818995January 31, 2026785% over the limit
E. coli47266February 28, 202699,999% over the limit
Solids, total suspended824258December 31, 20255,943% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal14729April 30, 2025359% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general06119January 31, 20122,752% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]13011August 31, 200667% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]122027April 30, 20241,541% over the limit
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal1266June 30, 2026164% over the limit
pH2421September 30, 2004
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2620
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]4300
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]4280
Phosphorus, total [as P]4280
Chlorine, total residual260

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES AL0057169.

Inspections

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
September 4, 2026FocusedS

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
April 24, 2026Letter of Violation/ Warning LetterState

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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BRILLIANT WWTP, Brilliant, Alabama: Individual permit AL0057169, held by Town Of Brilliant; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued January 25, 2017, term to January 31, 2022; Sewage Treatment Facilities.

  • Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 8 limits, 189 violations of any kind, 95 effluent exceedances, latest January 31, 2026, largest 785% over the limit.
  • E. coli: 4 limits, 72 violations of any kind, 66 effluent exceedances, latest February 28, 2026, largest 99,999% over the limit.
  • Solids, total suspended: 8 limits, 242 violations of any kind, 58 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2025, largest 5,943% over the limit.
  • Solids, suspended percent removal: 1 limit, 47 violations of any kind, 29 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2025, largest 359% over the limit.
  • Coliform, fecal general: 0 limits, 61 violations of any kind, 19 effluent exceedances, latest January 31, 2012, largest 2,752% over the limit.
  • Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 1 limit, 30 violations of any kind, 11 effluent exceedances, latest August 31, 2006, largest 67% over the limit.
  • BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 12 limits, 202 violations of any kind, 7 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2024, largest 1,541% over the limit.
  • BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal: 1 limit, 26 violations of any kind, 6 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2026, largest 164% over the limit.
  • pH: 2 limits, 42 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest September 30, 2004.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 62 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]: 4 limits, 30 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]: 4 limits, 28 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Phosphorus, total [as P]: 4 limits, 28 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Chlorine, total residual: 2 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • September 4, 2026: Focused (S).
  • April 24, 2026: Letter of Violation/ Warning Letter (State).

Alabama holds 397 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 145 were issued before AL0057169.

Coverages issued nearest AL0057169

BRILLIANT WWTP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 8 discharge permits in the Little New River subwatershed (HUC 031601070103), AL0057169 among them. Its county holds 94, 2 of them major permits; AL0057169 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Little New River subwatershed (HUC 031601070103)

Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit AL0057169 for the BRILLIANT WWTP in Brilliant, AL, held by Town Of Brilliant, with the permit administratively continued as a minor discharger. The page lists 13 pollutants under a numeric limit and 9 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, out of 14 pollutants in total.