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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0023582

GOODWATER LAGOON, Goodwater, AL: NPDES AL0023582 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

GOODWATER LAGOON, held by City of Goodwater Water and Sewer Board, holds NPDES permit AL0023582. EPA’s file records it issued July 31, 2017 and expiring July 31, 2022. 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 filedGOODWATER LAGOON
Permittee as filedCity of Goodwater Water and Sewer Board
NPDES IDAL0023582
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedJuly 31, 2017
Expiration dateJuly 31, 2022
AddressGoodwater, AL 35072
SubwatershedBaker Creek (HUC 031501070703)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]8574232October 31, 20202,676% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general0248120August 31, 201299,999% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]12838106August 31, 2023993% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1192101August 31, 202484% over the limit
E. coli414589June 30, 202599,999% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual212462March 31, 20264,862% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal112536June 30, 2017186% over the limit
Solids, total suspended875927December 31, 2021206% over the limit
pH220416January 31, 2021
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal110816January 31, 2018235% over the limit
Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia1242November 30, 200999,999% over the limit
Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]1242November 30, 200999,999% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant21880
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]41460
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]41460
Phosphorus, total [as P]41460
Cadmium, total recoverable0540
Mercury, total recoverable040

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES AL0023582.

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.