Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0057657
ATTALLA WASTEWATER TREATMENT LAGOON, Rainbow City, AL: NPDES AL0057657 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 15Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 11Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ATTALLA WASTEWATER TREATMENT LAGOON, held by City Of Attalla, holds NPDES permit AL0057657. EPA’s file records it issued September 28, 2018 and expiring September 30, 2023. 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 | ATTALLA WASTEWATER TREATMENT LAGOON |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City Of Attalla |
| NPDES ID | AL0057657 |
| 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 | September 28, 2018 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2023 |
| Address | Rainbow City, AL 35906 |
| 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
- 18Pollutants on file
- 15Under a numeric limit
- 18With a violation of any kind
- 11With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. coli | 2 | 100 | 100 | April 30, 2018 | 9,032% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 126 | 82 | March 31, 2025 | 256% over the limit |
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 89 | 70 | March 31, 2025 | 752% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 73 | 54 | January 31, 2022 | 209% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 32 | 22 | June 30, 2023 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 56 | 20 | November 30, 2005 | 94% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 8 | 40 | 20 | July 31, 2018 | 276% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 30 | 20 | August 31, 2005 | 725% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 21 | 1 | March 31, 2024 | 5% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 2 | 1 | August 31, 2015 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 2 | 1 | August 31, 2015 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 0 | 5 | 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 AL0057657.
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.