Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALG640023

ATHENS WATER TREATMENT PLANT, Elkmont, AL: NPDES ALG640023 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
6Pollutants under a numeric limit
4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
1Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

ATHENS WATER TREATMENT PLANT, held by Athens Water Treatment Plant, holds NPDES permit ALG640023. EPA’s file records it issued June 29, 2018 and expiring June 30, 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	ATHENS WATER TREATMENT PLANT
Permittee as filed	Athens Water Treatment Plant
NPDES ID	ALG640023
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	Elkmont, AL 35620
Subwatershed	Elk River-Sulphur Creek (HUC 060300040403)
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

6Pollutants on file
6Under a numeric limit
5With 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
Chlorine, total residual	2	18	18	September 30, 2021	1,445% over the limit
pH	2	5	5	June 30, 2023
Solids, total suspended	2	1	1	June 30, 2021	37% over the limit
Aluminum, total recoverable	2	1	1	May 31, 2011	69% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	2	0
Iron, total recoverable	1	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 ALG640023.

Inspections

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
April 9, 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 ALG640023.

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 permit ALG640023 for ATHENS WATER TREATMENT PLANT in Elkmont, AL, held by Athens Water Treatment Plant, which is administratively continued and classed as a Minor discharger. The page lists 6 pollutants under a numeric limit and 4 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit's status and dates as they stood in EPA's file when loaded on October 14, 2026.