Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES FL0026468
SOUTHWEST DISTRICT WWTF, Jacksonville, FL: NPDES FL0026468 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 23Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SOUTHWEST DISTRICT WWTF, held by JEA, holds NPDES permit FL0026468, which discharges to Lower St Johns R Class Iii Marine Wbid 2213e. EPA’s file records it issued April 29, 2019 and expiring May 20, 2024. 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 | SOUTHWEST DISTRICT WWTF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | JEA |
| NPDES ID | FL0026468 |
| 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 | April 29, 2019 |
| Expiration date | May 20, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | Florida Department of Environmental Protection |
| Address | Jacksonville, FL 32244 |
| Receiving water | Lower St Johns R Class III Marine WBID 2213E |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | New Rose Creek (HUC 030801031404) |
| Program components on file | Biosolids, POTW, Pretreatment |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
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
- 24Pollutants on file
- 23Under a numeric limit
- 9With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 16 | 12 | December 31, 2025 | 203% over the limit |
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 3 | 15 | 9 | February 28, 2013 | 95% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 5 | 2 | 2 | February 28, 2010 | 157% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 1 | 2 | 2 | February 28, 2018 | 250% over the limit |
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 3 | 1 | 1 | June 30, 2018 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 1 | 1 | 1 | July 31, 2011 | 78% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 0 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 2007 | 7% over the limit |
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Chrpimephales | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Enterococci: group D, MF trans, M-E, EIA | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Plant capacity fact. percent of capacity | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, organic total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorous, in total orthophosphate | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, 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 FL0026468.
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.