Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0020150
EASTLAKE WWTP, Guntersville, AL: NPDES AL0020150 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 15Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 11Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
EASTLAKE WWTP, held by Guntersville Water and Sewer Board, holds NPDES permit AL0020150. EPA’s file records it issued June 28, 2016 and expiring June 30, 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 filed | EASTLAKE WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Guntersville Water and Sewer Board |
| NPDES ID | AL0020150 |
| 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 | June 28, 2016 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2021 |
| Address | Guntersville, AL 35976 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Big Spring Creek (HUC 060300010903) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 19Pollutants on file
- 15Under a numeric limit
- 16With a violation of any kind
- 11With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. coli | 3 | 75 | 75 | November 30, 2025 | 2,662% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 9 | 93 | 61 | May 31, 2026 | 487% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 28 | 24 | May 31, 2026 | 357% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 28 | 22 | November 30, 2010 | 99,999% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 9 | 28 | 12 | June 30, 2022 | 70% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 5 | 27 | 11 | June 30, 2021 | 63% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 20 | 4 | August 31, 2004 | 44% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 6 | 2 | December 31, 2012 | 25% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 9 | 1 | May 31, 2000 | |
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 3 | 1 | April 30, 2014 | 101% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 0 | 3 | 1 | December 31, 2002 | 31% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 5 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 5 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 5 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 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 AL0020150.
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 September 15, 2026.