Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0076317

SHORTER WWTF, Shorter, AL: NPDES AL0076317 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
15Pollutants under a numeric limit
4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

SHORTER WWTF, held by Town of Shorter, holds NPDES permit AL0076317. EPA’s file records it issued April 18, 2018 and expiring April 30, 2023. 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	SHORTER WWTF
Permittee as filed	Town of Shorter
NPDES ID	AL0076317
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	April 18, 2018
Expiration date	April 30, 2023
Address	Shorter, AL 36075
Subwatershed	Lower Cubahatchee Creek (HUC 031501100604)

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

Effluent limits and exceedances

16Pollutants on file
15Under a numeric limit
9With a violation of any kind
4With 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, Kjeldahl, total [as N]	4	15	15	June 30, 2024	124% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general	5	8	8	June 30, 2026	99,999% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	8	5	3	October 31, 2024	82% over the limit
Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N]	7	1	1	August 31, 2017	29% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	8	98	0
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	0	96	0
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	7	52	0
pH	2	30	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	4	26	0
Nitrogen, total [as N]	7	0	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	7	0	0
Nitrogen, nitrite total [as N]	3	0	0
Carbon, tot organic [TOC]	3	0	0
Methylene blue active substances	3	0	0
E. coli	3	0	0
Water level at sample collection time	3	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 AL0076317.

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 NPDES discharge permit AL0076317 for SHORTER WWTF in Shorter, AL, held by Town of Shorter, with its permit status shown as administratively continued and its expiration date listed as April 30, 2023. The figures on file are 16 pollutants on file, 15 under a numeric limit, 9 with a violation of any kind, and 4 with an effluent exceedance.