Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0081698

ALABAMA BELLE WWTP, Centre, AL: NPDES AL0081698 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
11Pollutants under a numeric limit
9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

ALABAMA BELLE WWTP, held by Community Utilities of Alabama Inc., holds NPDES permit AL0081698. EPA’s file records it issued February 23, 2023 and expiring February 29, 2028. 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	ALABAMA BELLE WWTP
Permittee as filed	Community Utilities of Alabama Inc.
NPDES ID	AL0081698
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	February 23, 2023
Expiration date	February 29, 2028
Issuing agency	State
Address	Centre, AL 35960
Subwatershed	Three Mile Creek-Spring Creek (HUC 031501050304)
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

13Pollutants on file
11Under a numeric limit
13With 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
E. coli	2	48	42	June 30, 2026	1,155% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal	0	26	23	December 31, 2017	1,692% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	8	46	22	July 31, 2026	293% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	4	33	13	June 30, 2026	194% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	15	12	February 28, 2023	87% over the limit
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]	4	19	7	December 31, 2023	60% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	8	30	6	October 31, 2021	68% over the limit
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal	0	9	6	November 30, 2017	317% over the limit
pH	2	9	3	November 30, 2016
Phosphorus, total [as P]	8	16	0
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]	4	16	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	6	0
Chlorine, total residual	1	3	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 AL0081698.

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.

This public-records page covers NPDES discharge permit AL0081698 for the ALABAMA BELLE WWTP in Centre, AL, held by Community Utilities of Alabama Inc., with the permit listed as effective and issued February 23, 2023, expiring February 29, 2028. The page lists 13 pollutants on file, 11 under a numeric limit, 13 with a violation of any kind, and 9 with an effluent exceedance.