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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES FL0040771

CITY OF SARASOTA AWWTF, Sarasota, FL: NPDES FL0040771 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CITY OF SARASOTA AWWTF, held by City of Sarasota, holds NPDES permit FL0040771, which discharges to Sarasota Bay Class Iii Wbid 1936. EPA’s file records it issued May 17, 2016 and expiring May 18, 2021. 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 filedCITY OF SARASOTA AWWTF
Permittee as filedCity of Sarasota
NPDES IDFL0040771
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
IssuedMay 17, 2016
Expiration dateMay 18, 2021
Issuing agencyFlorida Department of Environmental Protection
AddressSarasota, FL 34236
Receiving waterSarasota Bay Class III WBID 1936
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedRoberts Bay Frontal (HUC 031002010102)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO 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]47150June 30, 2026136% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]46743June 30, 2026248% over the limit
Dichlorobromomethane24736June 30, 2026149% over the limit
Dibromochloromethane23018January 31, 2026205% over the limit
NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia01810August 31, 200799,999% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]7449April 30, 202695% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved percent saturation377April 30, 2026500% over the limit
Solids, total suspended6395March 31, 2026167% over the limit
pH2164December 31, 2024
IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia3154October 31, 201999,999% over the limit
IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Chrpimephales3133October 31, 202098% over the limit
IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)073December 31, 202357% over the limit
Copper, total recoverable182October 31, 2007108% over the limit
IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia062September 30, 202351% over the limit
% of fecal coliform samples < detectable1151July 31, 20123% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual2131November 30, 201610% over the limit
Enterococci: group D, MF trans, M-E, EIA251July 31, 2011625% over the limit
Overflows4280
Duration of discharge4280
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant8240
Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales080
Coliform, fecal general160
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]060
Silver total recoverable050
Plant capacity fact. percent of capacity140
Rainfall040

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

The newest 50 of 100.

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
August 9, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
July 6, 2026WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building BackupST6
May 7, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
April 13, 2026WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building BackupST6
April 12, 2026WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building BackupST6
March 24, 2026WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building BackupST6
March 1, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
February 23, 2026Monitoring Violations - Analysis not ConductedST6
February 23, 2026Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRsST6
February 23, 2026Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
February 23, 2026Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment)ST6
February 20, 2026WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building BackupST6
December 27, 2025WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building BackupST6
November 25, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
November 4, 2025WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building BackupST6
October 13, 2025WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building BackupST6
June 17, 2025WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building BackupST6
June 15, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
June 12, 2025WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building BackupST6
June 12, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
May 8, 2025WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building BackupST6
March 30, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
March 7, 2025Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment)ST6
March 7, 2025Monitoring Violations - Analysis not ConductedST6
January 10, 2025WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building BackupST6
December 31, 2024WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building BackupST6
December 9, 2024WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building BackupST6
October 22, 2024WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building BackupST6
October 21, 2024WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building BackupST6
October 11, 2024WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building BackupST6
September 4, 2024WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
August 5, 2024WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
July 29, 2024WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building BackupST6
July 21, 2024WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
July 15, 2024Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment)ST6
July 15, 2024Monitoring Violations - Analysis not ConductedST6
January 24, 2024WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building BackupST6
September 30, 2022WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building BackupST6
September 29, 2022WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building BackupST6
September 1, 2022WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building BackupST6
August 31, 2022Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment)ST6
August 27, 2022WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
August 26, 2022WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
August 8, 2022WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
January 25, 2022WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
November 8, 2021WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
September 21, 2021WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
July 9, 2021WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building BackupST6
March 18, 2021WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
February 15, 2021WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building BackupST6

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit FL0040771 for the CITY OF SARASOTA AWWTF in Sarasota, FL, held by City of Sarasota and discharging to Sarasota Bay, Class III, WBID 1936. The page lists the permit as administratively continued, with 19 pollutants under a numeric limit and 17 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.