Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0020206
ATHENS WWTP, Athens, AL: NPDES AL0020206 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 18Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ATHENS WWTP, held by Athens Utilities, holds NPDES permit AL0020206. EPA’s file records it issued August 29, 2016 and expiring August 31, 2021. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | ATHENS WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Athens Utilities |
| NPDES ID | AL0020206 |
| 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 | August 29, 2016 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2021 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Athens, AL 35611 |
| Subwatershed | Swan Creek (HUC 060300021101) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 19Pollutants on file
- 18Under a numeric limit
- 12With a violation of any kind
- 10With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 9 | 52 | 48 | June 30, 2026 | 186% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 48 | 46 | December 31, 2009 | 340% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 9 | 48 | 24 | February 29, 2024 | 169% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 14 | 11 | March 31, 2017 | 100% over the limit |
| E. coli | 5 | 11 | 11 | August 31, 2024 | 712% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 6 | 4 | August 31, 2005 | 7% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 4 | 3 | August 31, 2019 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 13 | 22 | 2 | April 30, 2023 | 13% over the limit |
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 4 | 1 | December 31, 2004 | 7% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 1 | 1 | August 31, 2019 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 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 AL0020206.
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not yet 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 14, 2026.