Velarion Records
Follow this permit Velarion Records emails you this permit’s record, cited to the public filing, and tells you when the register changes it. Free.
We’ll email you a link to confirm. The continuous daily watch on every change is the paid alert. Unsubscribe any time.
Also free: The Pay Desk, the weekly executive pay briefing.

Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES FL0031801

ECUA - BAYOU MARCUS WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY, Pensacola, FL: NPDES FL0031801 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ECUA - BAYOU MARCUS WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY, held by Emerald Coast Utilities Authority, holds NPDES permit FL0031801, which discharges to Bayou Marcus Cr, Perdido Bay, Class Iii Estuary. EPA’s file records it issued August 13, 2018 and expiring August 12, 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 filedECUA - BAYOU MARCUS WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY
Permittee as filedEmerald Coast Utilities Authority
NPDES IDFL0031801
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
IssuedAugust 13, 2018
Expiration dateAugust 12, 2023
Issuing agencyFlorida Department of Environmental Protection
AddressPensacola, FL 32526
Receiving waterBayou Marcus Cr, Perdido Bay, Class III Estuary
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedBayou Marcus (HUC 031401070102)
Program components on filePOTW, Pretreatment
NAICS221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC4952 – 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

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]144226February 29, 2012157% over the limit
Solids, total suspended143715December 31, 2022416% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general4327August 31, 202499,999% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant9227May 31, 201018% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]14315October 31, 2013334% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]18243September 30, 201165% over the limit
Specific conductance9153June 30, 20262,147,483,650% over the limit
Copper, total recoverable072April 30, 200999,999% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as NH4]062February 29, 20126% over the limit
IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia352January 31, 202096% over the limit
Zinc, total recoverable091March 31, 200899,999% over the limit
NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia011June 30, 200899,999% over the limit
pH11240
Chlorophyll A9170
Temperature, water deg. centigrade3120
Water level at sample collection time3120
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]7110
Herbaceous vegetation, presence0110
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]10100
Ultraviolet light intensity0100
Sulfide, total [as S]490
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]680
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]680
Sulfate, total [as SO4]680
Woody vegetation, presence040
Fish, presence040
Threatened & endangered species, presence040
Wind velocity330
Wind direction [deg from true N]330
Turbidity330
Transparency, secchi disc330
Color [PT-CO units]330
Oxygen, dissolved percent saturation330
Salinity330
Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N]330
Ultraviolet light dosage130
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]030
IC25 Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas030
Enterococci: group D, MF trans, M-E, EIA1320
Stream stage620
Plant capacity fact. percent of capacity120
Ammonia, unionized020
Ultraviolet light transmittance010
IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Chrpimephales300
Water level relative to mean sea level200

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 FL0031801.

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.

Watch this permit

One permit holder, $99/month. Watch the register for one permit holder and the places and receiving waters tied to its permits. Choose “One permit holder” and enter this permit’s NPDES ID, FL0031801.

Start the watch

How often?
  • One permit holder — $99/month
  • One watershed — $2,990/year
  • One state — $4,990/year
  • The whole register — $18,000/year

How we handle your data → Privacy

EPA publishes a free Detailed Facility Report for every permit on ECHO: its compliance status quarter by quarter, its inspections, and its enforcement actions and penalties. EPA also sends free notices of new inspections and enforcement actions through ECHO Notify; enter NPDES ID FL0031801 there.

Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit FL0031801, held by Emerald Coast Utilities Authority for the ECUA - Bayou Marcus Water Reclamation Facility in Pensacola, FL, and lists it as administratively continued with a Major discharger class. The page reports 32 pollutants under a numeric limit and 12 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.