Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0076821

FORT RUCKER MAIN WWTP, Fort Rucker, AL: NPDES AL0076821 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
17Pollutants under a numeric limit
9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
1Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

FORT RUCKER MAIN WWTP, held by American Water Enterprises, LLC, holds NPDES permit AL0076821. EPA’s file records it issued September 22, 2020 and expiring September 30, 2025.

FORT RUCKER MAIN WWTP, Fort Rucker, Alabama: Individual permit AL0076821, held by American Water Enterprises, LLC; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued September 22, 2020, term to September 30, 2025; Sewage Treatment Facilities.

Coliform, fecal general: 0 limits, 26 violations of any kind, 13 effluent exceedances, latest January 31, 2015, largest 2,450% over the limit.
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 9 limits, 29 violations of any kind, 4 effluent exceedances, latest May 31, 2010, largest 231% over the limit.
Copper, total recoverable: 2 limits, 5 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest October 31, 2023, largest 333% over the limit.
Solids, total suspended: 9 limits, 51 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2016, largest 12% over the limit.
Chlorine, total residual: 2 limits, 10 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2015, largest 950% over the limit.
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 1 limit, 8 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2006, largest 18% over the limit.
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal: 1 limit, 8 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest September 30, 2005, largest 14% over the limit.
E. coli: 5 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2026, largest 38% over the limit.
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]: 5 limits, 26 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest October 31, 2007, largest 14% over the limit.
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 13 limits, 49 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
pH: 4 limits, 14 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 3 limits, 14 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia: 1 limit, 10 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]: 1 limit, 10 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, suspended percent removal: 1 limit, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Mercury, total recoverable: 0 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]: 5 limits, 5 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Phosphorus, total [as P]: 5 limits, 5 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Selenium, total recoverable: 0 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oil and grease: 0 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oil & Grease: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

April 23, 2026: Evaluation (S).

Alabama holds 397 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 326 were issued before AL0076821. American Water Enterprises, LLC holds 2 permits in Alabama.

Other permits held by American Water Enterprises, LLC

FORT NOVOSEL CAIRNS WWTP, Fort Novosel: AL0076813, issued October 25, 2019

Coverages issued nearest AL0076821

August 27, 2020: WALNUT CREEK WWTP, Clanton, AL0054631, held by City of Clanton
August 27, 2020: LUVERNE WWTP, Luverne, AL0060534, held by The Water Works and Sewer Board of the City of Luverne
August 27, 2020: CLEVELAND WWTP, Cleveland, AL0073261, held by Town of Cleveland
September 22, 2020: SUSAN MOORE HIGH SCHOOL LAGOON, Altoona, AL0050563, held by Living Water Utilities, LLC
September 22, 2020: ABBEVILLE SOUTH LAGOON, Abbeville, AL0059358, held by Water and Sewer Board of the City of Abbeville
September 28, 2020: VALLEY GRANDE ELEMENTARY WWTP, Selma, AL0044296, held by Dallas County Board of Education
September 28, 2020: SOUTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOL LAGOON, Selma, AL0044334, held by Dallas County Board of Education
September 28, 2020: FOUNTAIN/HOLMAN CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, Atmore, AL0046744, held by West Escambia Utilities, Inc.
September 28, 2020: TAYLOR WWTP, Taylor, AL0084000, held by City of Taylor
October 29, 2020: FALKVILLE HCR LAGOON, Falkville, AL0021113, held by Town of Falkville

FORT RUCKER MAIN WWTP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 2 discharge permits in the Middle Clay Bank Creek subwatershed (HUC 031402010903), AL0076821 among them. Its county holds 80, 1 of them major permits; AL0076821 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Middle Clay Bank Creek subwatershed (HUC 031402010903)

FORT RUCKER SOLAR ARRAY, Fort Rucker: ALR10B657, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2016

Identity

Facility as filed	FORT RUCKER MAIN WWTP
Permittee as filed	American Water Enterprises, LLC
NPDES ID	AL0076821
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
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	September 22, 2020
Expiration date	September 30, 2025
Address	Fort Rucker, AL 36362
Subwatershed	Middle Clay Bank Creek (HUC 031402010903)
NAICS	221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC	4952 – Sewerage Systems

Effluent limits and exceedances

21Pollutants on file
17Under a numeric limit
20With 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	0	26	13	January 31, 2015	2,450% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	9	29	4	May 31, 2010	231% over the limit
Copper, total recoverable	2	5	3	October 31, 2023	333% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	9	51	2	March 31, 2016	12% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual	2	10	2	April 30, 2015	950% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	8	2	June 30, 2006	18% over the limit
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal	1	8	2	September 30, 2005	14% over the limit
E. coli	5	2	2	June 30, 2026	38% over the limit
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]	5	26	1	October 31, 2007	14% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	13	49	0
pH	4	14	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	3	14	0
Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia	1	10	0
Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]	1	10	0
Solids, suspended percent removal	1	6	0
Mercury, total recoverable	0	6	0
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]	5	5	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	5	5	0
Selenium, total recoverable	0	2	0
Oil and grease	0	1	0
Oil & Grease	1	0	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES AL0076821.

Inspections

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
April 23, 2026	Evaluation	S

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES AL0076821.

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES AL0076821 for FORT RUCKER MAIN WWTP in Fort Rucker, AL, held by American Water Enterprises, LLC, and lists its status as administratively continued with a Minor Discharger class. The page reports 17 pollutants under a numeric limit and 9 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.