Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0041009

ALEXANDRIA CITY OF - CITY OF ALEXANDRIA WWTP, Alexandria, LA: NPDES LA0041009 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MajorDischarger class
17Pollutants under a numeric limit
4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
1Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

ALEXANDRIA CITY OF - CITY OF ALEXANDRIA WWTP, held by City of Alexandria, holds NPDES permit LA0041009, which discharges to Red River. EPA’s file records it issued September 25, 2018 and expiring November 30, 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 filed	ALEXANDRIA CITY OF - CITY OF ALEXANDRIA WWTP
Permittee as filed	City of Alexandria
NPDES ID	LA0041009
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	September 25, 2018
Expiration date	November 30, 2023
Address	Alexandria, LA 71302
Receiving water	RED RIVER
Subwatershed	Williams Lake-Red River (HUC 080403010201)
Program components on file	POTW, Pretreatment
SIC	4952 – Sewerage Systems
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler LAD071944490

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

28Pollutants on file
17Under a numeric limit
19With a violation of any kind
4With 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	2	16	6	May 31, 2026	280% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual	2	7	5	February 28, 2021	3,760% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	3	21	2	April 30, 2007	17% over the limit
pH	2	13	1	March 31, 2008
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	3	19	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	12	0
Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia	0	8	0
Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas	0	8	0
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia	0	8	0
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas	0	8	0
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia	0	8	0
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas	0	8	0
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia	0	8	0
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas	0	8	0
Whole effluent toxicity	0	4	0
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia	0	3	0
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas	0	3	0
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2	4	2	0
Whole Effluent Toxicity - Retest #3	4	2	0
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1	4	0	0
Nitrogen, total [as N]	3	0	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	3	0	0
Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Daphnia pulex	2	0	0
LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas	2	0	0
NOAEC Lethal Statis Renewal 48 Hr Acute Daphnia pulex	2	0	0
NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48Hr acute Pimephales promelas	2	0	0
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute D. pulex	1	0	0
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas	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 LA0041009.

Inspections

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
August 13, 2026	Evaluation	S

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES LA0041009.

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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ALEXANDRIA CITY OF - CITY OF ALEXANDRIA WWTP, Alexandria, Louisiana: Individual permit LA0041009, held by City of Alexandria; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued September 25, 2018, term to November 30, 2023; discharges to RED RIVER.

Coliform, fecal general: 2 limits, 16 violations of any kind, 6 effluent exceedances, latest May 31, 2026, largest 280% over the limit.
Chlorine, total residual: 2 limits, 7 violations of any kind, 5 effluent exceedances, latest February 28, 2021, largest 3,760% over the limit.
Solids, total suspended: 3 limits, 21 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2007, largest 17% over the limit.
pH: 2 limits, 13 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest March 31, 2008.
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 3 limits, 19 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 12 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia: 0 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas: 0 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia: 0 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas: 0 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia: 0 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas: 0 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia: 0 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas: 0 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Whole effluent toxicity: 0 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia: 0 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas: 0 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2: 4 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Whole Effluent Toxicity - Retest #3: 4 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, total [as N]: 3 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Phosphorus, total [as P]: 3 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Daphnia pulex: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
NOAEC Lethal Statis Renewal 48 Hr Acute Daphnia pulex: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48Hr acute Pimephales promelas: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute D. pulex: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

August 13, 2026: Evaluation (S).

Louisiana holds 357 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 255 were issued before LA0041009.

Coverages issued nearest LA0041009

September 18, 2018: WALKER CITY OF - WALKER WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, Walker, LA0059951, held by Town of Walker
September 24, 2018: THIBODAUX CITY OF - NORTH THIBODAUX WWTP, Thibodaux, LA0127208, held by CITY OF THIBODAUX- NORTH THIBODAUX WWTP
September 25, 2018: TOWN OF KINDER, Kinder, LA0020605
September 25, 2018: LUTCHER, TOWN OF, Lutcher, LA0038610, held by Town of Lutcher - Lutcher Treatment Pond
September 25, 2018: IOTA TOWN OF - WWTP, Iota, LA0040142, held by IOTA, TOWN OF
September 25, 2018: PLAQUEMINES PARISH GOVERNMENT- BURAS WWTP, Buras, LA0044041, held by Plaquemines Parish Government- Buras WWTP
September 25, 2018: PONCHATOULA CITY OF - CITY OF PONCHATOULA WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Ponchatoula, LA0044695, held by City of Ponchatoula - Ponchatoula Wastewater Treatment Facility
September 25, 2018: CARENCRO, CITY OF - MANOLA STREET WTP, Carencro, LA0065706, held by City of Carencro - Manola Street Wastewater Treatment Plant
September 25, 2018: JACKSON TOWN OF - MUNICIPAL SEWAGE TREATMENT FACILITY, Jackson, LA0078816, held by TOWN OF JACKSON WWTP
September 25, 2018: PINECREST SUPPORTS & SERVICES CENTER, Pineville, LA0116441, held by PINECREST WWTP

ALEXANDRIA CITY OF - CITY OF ALEXANDRIA WWTP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 3 discharge permits in the Williams Lake-Red River subwatershed (HUC 080403010201), LA0041009 among them. Its county holds 74, 8 of them major permits; LA0041009 is a major permit.

Other permits in the Williams Lake-Red River subwatershed (HUC 080403010201)

GARY LAHOOD - PINEVILLE TEXACO, Pineville: LAG830370, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2028
SEWER DISTRICT NO 2 OF RAPIDES PARISH - WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT - PELLON ST, Pineville: LA0127388, minor permit, permit term to September 30, 2024

Nearby on the register

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

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES LA0041009, held by City of Alexandria for the ALEXANDRIA CITY OF - CITY OF ALEXANDRIA WWTP in Alexandria, LA, which discharges to Red River. The page lists the permit as administratively continued with a Major Discharger class of 17 pollutants under a numeric limit and 4 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.