Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0060445
UNION SPRINGS WWTPS AND LAND APPLICATION, Union Springs, AL: NPDES AL0060445 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 18Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
UNION SPRINGS WWTPS AND LAND APPLICATION, held by City of Union Springs Utilities Board, holds NPDES permit AL0060445. EPA’s file records it issued November 16, 2012 and expiring November 30, 2017. 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 | UNION SPRINGS WWTPS AND LAND APPLICATION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Union Springs Utilities Board |
| NPDES ID | AL0060445 |
| 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 | November 16, 2012 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2017 |
| Address | Union Springs, AL 36089 |
| Subwatershed | Johnson Creek-Headwaters Pea River (HUC 031402020201) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 21Pollutants on file
- 18Under a numeric limit
- 21With a violation of any kind
- 9With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform, fecal general | 6 | 157 | 88 | February 28, 2026 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 7 | 187 | 87 | July 31, 2026 | 160% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 46 | 41 | September 30, 2003 | 92% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 19 | 260 | 24 | June 30, 2011 | 157% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 19 | 277 | 21 | December 31, 2005 | 182% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 302 | 20 | October 31, 2008 | 85% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 0 | 10 | 10 | February 28, 2005 | 43% over the limit |
| pH | 12 | 173 | 2 | February 28, 2005 | |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 23 | 10 | 2 | March 31, 2026 | 28% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 10 | 130 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 11 | 104 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 8 | 68 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 7 | 37 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 3 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrite total [as N] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Methylene blue active substances | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Water level at sample collection time | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 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 AL0060445.
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.