Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0047953
BROOKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WWTP, Killen, AL: NPDES AL0047953 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BROOKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WWTP, held by Lauderdale County Board of Education, holds NPDES permit AL0047953. EPA’s file records it issued November 29, 2018 and expiring November 30, 2023. 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 | BROOKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Lauderdale County Board of Education |
| NPDES ID | AL0047953 |
| 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 | November 29, 2018 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2023 |
| Address | Killen, AL 35645 |
| Subwatershed | McKieman Creek-Tennessee River (HUC 060300050801) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 14Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 13With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 76 | 38 | October 31, 2023 | 1,200% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 25 | 5 | April 30, 2010 | 42% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 4 | 2 | May 31, 2014 | 63% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 7 | 1 | August 31, 2004 | 900% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 5 | 1 | September 30, 2005 | |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 48 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 2 | 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 AL0047953.
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.