Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0079880
POARCH CREEK WWTP, Atmore, AL: NPDES AL0079880 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
POARCH CREEK WWTP, held by Poarch Creek Indians Utility Authority, holds NPDES permit AL0079880. EPA’s file records it issued May 26, 2021 and expiring May 31, 2026. 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 | POARCH CREEK WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Poarch Creek Indians Utility Authority |
| NPDES ID | AL0079880 |
| 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 | May 26, 2021 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2026 |
| Address | Atmore, AL 36502 |
| Subwatershed | Wet Weather Creek (HUC 031403050101) |
| NAICS | 221310 – Water Supply and Irrigation Systems |
| SIC | 4941 – Water Supply |
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
- 14Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 13With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 21 | 5 | March 31, 2026 | 880% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 20 | 4 | January 31, 2010 | 320% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 10 | 2 | April 30, 2026 | 17% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 3 | 1 | March 31, 2026 | 6% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 4 | 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 AL0079880.
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.