Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0022659
GADSDEN EAST RIVER WWTP, Gadsden, AL: NPDES AL0022659 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 16Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GADSDEN EAST RIVER WWTP, held by The Water Works & Sewer Board of the City of Gadsden, holds NPDES permit AL0022659. EPA’s file records it issued October 23, 2015 and expiring October 31, 2020. 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 | GADSDEN EAST RIVER WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | The Water Works & Sewer Board of the City of Gadsden |
| NPDES ID | AL0022659 |
| 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 | October 23, 2015 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2020 |
| Address | Gadsden, AL 35903 |
| Subwatershed | H. Neely Henry Lake-Coosa River (HUC 031501060309) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 20Pollutants on file
- 16Under a numeric limit
- 17With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 | 10 | 20 | 12 | January 31, 2024 | 62% over the limit |
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 10 | 10 | February 28, 2023 | 69% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 8 | 6 | May 31, 2008 | 119% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 2 | 1 | August 31, 2017 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| E. coli | 6 | 1 | 1 | August 31, 2013 | 149% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 10 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| pH | 6 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 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 AL0022659.
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 14, 2026.