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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALG640034

CHEROKEE WATER AND GAS DEPARTMENT, Cherokee, AL: NPDES ALG640034 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CHEROKEE WATER AND GAS DEPARTMENT, held by Cherokee Water and Gas Department, holds NPDES permit ALG640034. EPA’s file records it issued May 30, 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 filedCHEROKEE WATER AND GAS DEPARTMENT
Permittee as filedCherokee Water and Gas Department
NPDES IDALG640034
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedMay 30, 2018
Expiration dateJune 30, 2023
AddressCherokee, AL 35616
SubwatershedColbert Creek-Pickwick Lake (HUC 060300051002)
NAICS221310 – Water Supply and Irrigation Systems
SIC4941 – 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

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
pH2860
Solids, total suspended2860
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2860
Chlorine, total residual2770
Aluminum, total recoverable2680
Iron, total recoverable1430

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES ALG640034.

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES ALG640034.

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.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES ALG640034, held by Cherokee Water and Gas Department in Cherokee, AL, and classed as a minor discharger with administrative continuation status. The page lists 6 for the minor discharger class, 0 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.