Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0047465
DOTHAN LITTLE CHOCTAWHATCHEE WWTP, Dothan, AL: NPDES AL0047465 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 16Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
DOTHAN LITTLE CHOCTAWHATCHEE WWTP, held by City Of Dothan, holds NPDES permit AL0047465. EPA’s file records it issued February 1, 2016 and expiring January 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 | DOTHAN LITTLE CHOCTAWHATCHEE WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City Of Dothan |
| NPDES ID | AL0047465 |
| 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 | February 1, 2016 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2021 |
| Address | Dothan, AL 36303 |
| Subwatershed | Murphy Mill Branch-Little Choctawachee River (HUC 031402010503) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 34Pollutants on file
- 16Under a numeric limit
- 26With a violation of any kind
- 9With 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 | 11 | 23 | 19 | October 31, 2009 | 182% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 12 | 12 | October 31, 2009 | 400% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 4 | 3 | September 30, 2007 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 11 | 8 | 2 | September 30, 2016 | 13% over the limit |
| E. coli | 7 | 2 | 2 | March 31, 2020 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 2 | 2 | December 31, 2021 | 21% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 2 | 2 | April 30, 2009 | 75% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 2 | 1 | November 30, 2018 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 0 | 1 | 1 | November 30, 2000 | 39% over the limit |
| pH | 8 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, dissolved [as As] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dissolved [as Cd] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, dissolved [as Cr] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lead, dissolved [as Pb] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, dissolved [as Ni] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Silver, dissolved [as Ag] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, dissolved [as Zn] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, dissolved [as Hg] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia Dubia | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| LF Pass/Fail Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 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 AL0047465.
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.