Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0078395
IRONDALE WWTF, Irondale, AL: NPDES AL0078395 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 0Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
IRONDALE WWTF, held by Phoenix Water Resources, LLC, holds NPDES permit AL0078395. EPA’s file records it issued August 31, 2018 and expiring August 31, 2023. 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 | IRONDALE WWTF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Phoenix Water Resources, LLC |
| NPDES ID | AL0078395 |
| 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 | August 31, 2018 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2023 |
| Address | Irondale, AL 35210 |
| Subwatershed | Lower Cahaba River (HUC 031502020104) |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| 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
- 15Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 14With 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] | 8 | 52 | 28 | November 30, 2019 | 988% over the limit |
| E. coli | 8 | 12 | 12 | May 31, 2016 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 16 | 23 | 11 | May 31, 2018 | 1,020% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 16 | 53 | 5 | February 28, 2026 | 46% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 4 | 4 | August 31, 2015 | 11,479% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 16 | 51 | 3 | December 31, 2018 | 39% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 9 | 3 | August 31, 2015 | 43% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 13 | 1 | July 31, 2015 | |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 2 | 7 | 1 | January 31, 2015 | 9% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 8 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 8 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 2 | 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 AL0078395.
Inspections
EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES AL0078395.
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 AL0078395.
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.