Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES FL0021261
FORT MYERS CENTRAL AWWTF, Fort Myers, FL: NPDES FL0021261 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 18Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FORT MYERS CENTRAL AWWTF, held by City of Fort Myers, holds NPDES permit FL0021261, which discharges to Caloosahatchee River. EPA’s file records it issued June 12, 2017 and expiring June 11, 2022. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | FORT MYERS CENTRAL AWWTF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Fort Myers |
| NPDES ID | FL0021261 |
| 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 | June 12, 2017 |
| Expiration date | June 11, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | Florida Department of Environmental Protection |
| Address | Fort Myers, FL 33916 |
| Receiving water | CALOOSAHATCHEE RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 20Pollutants on file
- 18Under a numeric limit
- 20With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 5 | 86 | 45 | May 31, 2026 | 303% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 74 | 30 | June 30, 2026 | 194% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 5 | 51 | 10 | November 30, 2024 | 174% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 25 | 7 | January 31, 2023 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 1 | 3 | 3 | June 30, 2013 | 810% over the limit |
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 3 | 26 | 2 | December 31, 2025 | 28% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 55 | 1 | September 30, 2020 | 24% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 3 | 28 | 1 | October 31, 2006 | 30% over the limit |
| Chlorodibromomethane | 1 | 10 | 1 | June 30, 2024 | 4% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 6 | 55 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Chrpimephales | 3 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved percent saturation | 3 | 21 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Enterococci: group D, MF trans, M-E, EIA | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Plant capacity fact. percent of capacity | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Dichlorobromomethane | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 0 | 2 | 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 FL0021261.
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 September 15, 2026.