Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0020273
GENEVA WWTP, Geneva, AL: NPDES AL0020273 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 17Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GENEVA WWTP, held by City of Geneva Water Works & Sewer Board, holds NPDES permit AL0020273. EPA’s file records it issued January 31, 2014 and expiring January 31, 2019. 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 | GENEVA WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Geneva Water Works & Sewer Board |
| NPDES ID | AL0020273 |
| 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 | January 31, 2014 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2019 |
| Address | Geneva, AL 36340 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Limestone Branch-Pea River (HUC 031402020906) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 27Pollutants on file
- 17Under a numeric limit
- 25With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 9 | 34 | 13 | May 31, 2024 | 1,091% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 10 | 8 | May 31, 2024 | 1,195% over the limit |
| E. coli | 5 | 9 | 8 | May 31, 2026 | 753% over the limit |
| %Effect Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 4 | 3 | November 30, 2007 | 100% over the limit |
| %Effect Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 0 | 4 | 3 | November 30, 2007 | 100% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 10 | 2 | July 31, 2024 | 60% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 7 | 2 | July 31, 2024 | 37% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 9 | 53 | 1 | May 31, 2024 | 50% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 12 | 1 | September 30, 2020 | |
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 3 | 1 | May 31, 2024 | 35% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 5 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 5 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 5 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 2 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 5 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lead, dissolved [as Pb] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, dissolved [as Ni] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, dissolved [as Zn] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Methylene blue active substances | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], 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 AL0020273.
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.