Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0063088
CALDWELL MILL WATER RECLAMATION SYSTEM, Shelby County, AL: NPDES AL0063088 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CALDWELL MILL WATER RECLAMATION SYSTEM, held by NOVUS UTILITIES CALDWELL MILL, holds NPDES permit AL0063088, which discharges to Cahaba River. EPA’s file records it issued January 25, 2008 and expiring January 31, 2013. 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 | CALDWELL MILL WATER RECLAMATION SYSTEM |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | NOVUS UTILITIES CALDWELL MILL |
| NPDES ID | AL0063088 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | January 25, 2008 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2013 |
| Address | Shelby County, AL 35242 |
| Receiving water | CAHABA RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Patton Creek-Cahaba River (HUC 031502020204) |
| 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
- 17Pollutants on file
- 12Under a numeric limit
- 17With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 94 | 90 | March 31, 2018 | 2,345% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 0 | 38 | 38 | February 28, 2018 | 8,483% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 8 | 52 | 36 | March 31, 2013 | 233% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 9 | 7 | March 31, 2018 | 201% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 21 | 5 | January 31, 2018 | 51% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 20 | 55 | 3 | April 30, 2017 | 433% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 4 | 2 | February 28, 2007 | 445% over the limit |
| E. coli | 0 | 1 | 1 | April 30, 2017 | 69% over the limit |
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 0 | 1 | 1 | March 31, 2017 | 27% over the limit |
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 0 | 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 AL0063088.
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.