Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0078174

THARPTOWN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL WWTP, Russellville, AL: NPDES AL0078174 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
13Pollutants under a numeric limit
8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

THARPTOWN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL WWTP, held by Franklin County Board Of Education, holds NPDES permit AL0078174. EPA’s file records it issued June 23, 2016 and expiring July 31, 2021. 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	THARPTOWN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL WWTP
Permittee as filed	Franklin County Board Of Education
NPDES ID	AL0078174
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	June 23, 2016
Expiration date	July 31, 2021
Address	Russellville, AL 35654
Subwatershed	Rock Creek-Mud Creek (HUC 060300050301)

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

Effluent limits and exceedances

14Pollutants on file
13Under a numeric limit
14With a violation of any kind
8With 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]	8	179	151	April 30, 2026	9,714% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	12	93	37	May 31, 2026	2,138% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual	2	24	16	January 31, 2013	127% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	8	62	6	May 31, 2018	321% over the limit
pH	2	15	1	September 30, 2010
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	8	1	June 30, 2011	53% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal	1	8	1	May 31, 2018	27% over the limit
E. coli	4	5	1	May 31, 2022	100% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	42	0
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]	4	28	0
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]	4	28	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	4	28	0
Coliform, fecal general	0	10	0
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal	1	2	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 AL0078174.

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 NPDES permit AL0078174 for the Tharptown Junior High School WWTP in Russellville, AL, held by Franklin County Board Of Education, which is administratively continued and classed as a minor discharger. The page lists 14 pollutants on file, 13 under a numeric limit, 14 with a violation of any kind, and 8 with an effluent exceedance.