Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0024589
COLUMBIANA WWTP, Columbiana, AL: NPDES AL0024589 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 16Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 14Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
COLUMBIANA WWTP, held by City of Columbiana, holds NPDES permit AL0024589. EPA’s file records it issued July 29, 2016 and expiring July 31, 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 | COLUMBIANA WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Columbiana |
| NPDES ID | AL0024589 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | July 29, 2016 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2021 |
| Address | Columbiana, AL 35051 |
| Subwatershed | Upper Waxahatchee Creek (HUC 031501070403) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 26Pollutants on file
- 16Under a numeric limit
- 26With a violation of any kind
- 14With 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] | 4 | 134 | 117 | April 30, 2026 | 2,600% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 66 | 61 | September 30, 2003 | 5,258% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 59 | 43 | July 31, 2025 | 119% over the limit |
| E. coli | 4 | 22 | 22 | June 30, 2026 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 12 | 9 | November 30, 2024 | 27% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 19 | 6 | December 31, 2003 | |
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 0 | 13 | 6 | November 30, 2009 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 21 | 5 | January 31, 2024 | 52% over the limit |
| Mercury, total recoverable | 2 | 5 | 5 | June 30, 2025 | 733% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 11 | 3 | May 31, 2005 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 4 | 2 | November 30, 2022 | 1,585% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 4 | 2 | September 30, 2002 | 27% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 1 | 1 | July 31, 2012 | 2% over the limit |
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 1 | 1 | February 28, 2002 | 13% over the limit |
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Lead, dissolved [as Pb] | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, dissolved [as Ni] | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, dissolved [as Zn] | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Methylene blue active substances | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 1 | 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 AL0024589.
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.