Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0058335
COLUMBIA LAGOON, Columbia, AL: NPDES AL0058335 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
COLUMBIA LAGOON, held by Town of Columbia, holds NPDES permit AL0058335. EPA’s file records it issued March 25, 2016 and expiring March 31, 2021. 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 | COLUMBIA LAGOON |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Town of Columbia |
| NPDES ID | AL0058335 |
| 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 | March 25, 2016 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2021 |
| Address | Columbia, AL 36319 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| 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
- 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] | 8 | 102 | 29 | January 31, 2016 | 220% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 18 | 8 | March 31, 2006 | 5,400% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 16 | 150 | 6 | June 30, 2014 | 112% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 3 | 23 | 4 | February 28, 2011 | 3,500% over the limit |
| E. coli | 4 | 30 | 2 | March 31, 2013 | 170% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 3 | 2 | February 28, 2011 | 13% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 16 | 144 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 36 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 36 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 8 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 8 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 8 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 2 | 19 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 2 | 18 | 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 AL0058335.
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.