Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES FL0020940
H. CURREN AWWTP, Tampa, FL: NPDES FL0020940 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 18Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 13Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
H. CURREN AWWTP, held by City of Tampa - Department of Sanitary Sewers, holds NPDES permit FL0020940, which discharges to Hillsborough Bay Upper Wbid 1558e Class Iii Marine. EPA’s file records it issued March 9, 2021 and expiring March 8, 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 | H. CURREN AWWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Tampa - Department of Sanitary Sewers |
| NPDES ID | FL0020940 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | March 9, 2021 |
| Expiration date | March 8, 2026 |
| Issuing agency | Florida Department of Environmental Protection |
| Address | Tampa, FL 33605 |
| Receiving water | Hillsborough Bay Upper WBID 1558E Class III Marine |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | McDill Air Force Base (HUC 031002060303) |
| Program components on file | POTW, Pretreatment |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler FLD982170490; ICIS-AIR source FL0000001205700373 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 24Pollutants on file
- 18Under a numeric limit
- 24With a violation of any kind
- 13With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 25 | 141 | 93 | April 30, 2026 | 151% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 63 | 50 | April 30, 2026 | 29,700% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 1 | 26 | 19 | November 30, 2024 | 11,420% over the limit |
| Chlorodibromomethane | 0 | 19 | 17 | April 30, 2014 | 27% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 10 | 64 | 16 | October 31, 2024 | 680% over the limit |
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 3 | 32 | 16 | December 31, 2022 | 98% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 28 | 14 | September 30, 2024 | |
| Dichlorobromomethane | 2 | 28 | 14 | December 31, 2015 | 18% over the limit |
| % of fecal coliform samples < detectable | 1 | 14 | 7 | February 28, 2026 | 20% over the limit |
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 10 | 7 | August 31, 2009 | 99,999% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 6 | 48 | 6 | February 28, 2026 | 332% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 1 | 7 | 6 | December 31, 2020 | 38% over the limit |
| Nickel, total recoverable | 0 | 3 | 1 | October 31, 2006 | 51% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 17 | 59 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 3 | 19 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Chrpimephales | 3 | 15 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Enterococci: group D, MF trans, M-E, EIA | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Dibromochloromethane | 2 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Plant capacity fact. percent of capacity | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Rainfall | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorous, in total orthophosphate | 0 | 1 | 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 FL0020940.
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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