Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0060453

CHATOM WWTF, Chatom, AL: NPDES AL0060453 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
13Pollutants under a numeric limit
7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

CHATOM WWTF, held by Chatom Utilities Board, holds NPDES permit AL0060453. EPA’s file records it issued March 24, 2017 and expiring March 31, 2022. 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	CHATOM WWTF
Permittee as filed	Chatom Utilities Board
NPDES ID	AL0060453
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 24, 2017
Expiration date	March 31, 2022
Address	Chatom, AL 36518
Subwatershed	Upper Bassett Creek (HUC 031602030702)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

21Pollutants on file
13Under a numeric limit
20With a violation of any kind
7With 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
Solids, total suspended	8	184	30	March 31, 2010	220% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general	0	149	28	November 30, 2009	476,090% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	4	181	13	November 30, 2021	225% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual	2	27	6	April 30, 2010	13,900% over the limit
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]	4	152	4	August 31, 2009	50% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	8	177	3	July 31, 2010	860% over the limit
pH	2	42	1	February 28, 2007
Phosphorus, total [as P]	4	170	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	102	0
Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N]	0	98	0
E. coli	4	87	0
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]	4	72	0
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	68	0
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	0	68	0
Nitrogen, total [as N]	0	18	0
Nitrogen, nitrite total [as N]	0	18	0
Methylene blue active substances	0	18	0
Water level at sample collection time	0	18	0
Carbon, tot organic [TOC]	0	8	0
Solids, suspended percent removal	1	1	0
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal	1	0	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 AL0060453.

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 the Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES AL0060453 for CHATOM WWTF in Chatom, AL, held by Chatom Utilities Board and currently administratively continued. The figures listed are 21 pollutants on file, 13 under a numeric limit, 20 with a violation of any kind, and 7 with an effluent exceedance.