Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALG640015

HIGH POINT WATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Fort Payne, AL: NPDES ALG640015 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
6Pollutants under a numeric limit
2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
1Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

HIGH POINT WATER TREATMENT FACILITY, held by Northeast Alabama Water, Sewer & Fire Protection District, holds NPDES permit ALG640015. EPA’s file records it issued June 29, 2018 and expiring June 30, 2023.

HIGH POINT WATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Fort Payne, Alabama: Coverage under a general permit ALG640015, held by Northeast Alabama Water, Sewer & Fire Protection District; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued June 29, 2018, term to June 30, 2023; Water Supply and Irrigation Systems.

Chlorine, total residual: 2 limits, 13 violations of any kind, 10 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2018, largest 20,953% over the limit.
pH: 2 limits, 15 violations of any kind, 9 effluent exceedances, latest November 30, 2013.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 7 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Aluminum, total recoverable: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Phosphorus, total [as P]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

March 23, 2026: Evaluation (S).

Other permits held by Northeast Alabama Water, Sewer & Fire Protection District

MONSANTO WTP, Guntersville: AL0077364, issued May 21, 2015
WATERLOO SPRINGS WATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Gaylesville: ALG640004, issued June 29, 2018

HIGH POINT WATER TREATMENT FACILITY among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 2 discharge permits in the Bengis Creek subwatershed (HUC 060300010701), ALG640015 among them. Its county holds 140, 2 of them major permits; ALG640015 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Bengis Creek subwatershed (HUC 060300010701)

THUNDER OAKS MINE, Sylvania: AL0081817, minor permit, permit term to September 30, 2027

Identity

Facility as filed	HIGH POINT WATER TREATMENT FACILITY
Permittee as filed	Northeast Alabama Water, Sewer & Fire Protection District
NPDES ID	ALG640015
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Coverage under a general permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	June 29, 2018
Expiration date	June 30, 2023
Address	Fort Payne, AL 35968
Subwatershed	Bengis Creek (HUC 060300010701)
NAICS	221310 – Water Supply and Irrigation Systems
SIC	4941 – Water Supply

Effluent limits and exceedances

6Pollutants on file
6Under a numeric limit
5With a violation of any kind
2With 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
Chlorine, total residual	2	13	10	April 30, 2018	20,953% over the limit
pH	2	15	9	November 30, 2013
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	8	0
Solids, total suspended	2	7	0
Aluminum, total recoverable	2	4	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	1	0	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES ALG640015.

Inspections

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
March 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 ALG640015.

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES ALG640015 for the HIGH POINT WATER TREATMENT FACILITY in Fort Payne, AL, held by Northeast Alabama Water, Sewer & Fire Protection District, and shows its status as administratively continued with a minor discharger class. The page lists 2 pollutants under a numeric limit and 2 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.