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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES FL0021270

FORT MYERS SOUTH AWWTP, Fort Myers, FL: NPDES FL0021270 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

FORT MYERS SOUTH AWWTP, held by City of Fort Myers, holds NPDES permit FL0021270, 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 (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedFORT MYERS SOUTH AWWTP
Permittee as filedCity of Fort Myers
NPDES IDFL0021270
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedJune 12, 2017
Expiration dateJune 11, 2022
Issuing agencyFlorida Department of Environmental Protection
AddressFort Myers, FL 33907
Receiving waterCALOOSAHATCHEE RIVER
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedCaloosahatchee River (HUC 030902050607)
Program components on fileBiosolids, POTW, Pretreatment
NAICS221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC4952 – Sewerage Systems
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler FLTMP9203792

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

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
Nitrogen, total [as N]410696June 30, 2026365% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant48044June 30, 2026194% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual21814July 31, 20257,900% over the limit
Dichlorobromomethane11310February 28, 202660% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]4167October 31, 202480% over the limit
pH2106November 30, 2024
IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia31104December 31, 202499,999% over the limit
Copper, total recoverable144September 30, 2020328% over the limit
Solids, total suspended6153August 31, 2005335% over the limit
Chlorodibromomethane163June 30, 200653% over the limit
Cyanide, total [as CN]133December 31, 2016720% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]6142February 29, 2004345% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]032July 31, 201510% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general371September 30, 201199,999% over the limit
Silver total recoverable011December 31, 200874% over the limit
Length of longest pH excursion011May 31, 200027% over the limit
LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia011November 30, 200099,999% over the limit
IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Chrpimephales31060
Cyanide, total recoverable070
LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)060
LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Menidia060
Oxygen, dissolved percent saturation330
Enterococci: group D, MF trans, M-E, EIA130
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal130
Solids, suspended percent removal130
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]030
Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be]030
Plant capacity fact. percent of capacity120
Iron, total recoverable100
Zinc, total recoverable100
Lead, total recoverable100

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 FL0021270.

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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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit FL0021270, held by City of Fort Myers for the Fort Myers South AWWTP, which discharges to the Caloosahatchee River. The permit is listed as a Major Discharger with an administratively continued status, and the page records 22 pollutants under a numeric limit and 17 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.