Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0048585
TOWN OF COURTLAND HCR LAGOON, Courtland, AL: NPDES AL0048585 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 15Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TOWN OF COURTLAND HCR LAGOON, held by West Morgan/East Lawrence Water and Sewer Authority, holds NPDES permit AL0048585. EPA’s file records it issued March 22, 2016 and expiring March 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 | TOWN OF COURTLAND HCR LAGOON |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | West Morgan/East Lawrence Water and Sewer Authority |
| NPDES ID | AL0048585 |
| 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 | March 22, 2016 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2021 |
| Address | Courtland, AL 35618 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Middle Big Nance Creek (HUC 060300050104) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 17Pollutants on file
- 15Under a numeric limit
- 13With 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, suspended percent removal | 1 | 18 | 5 | February 28, 2018 | 147% over the limit |
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 17 | 3 | February 28, 2018 | 167% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 116 | 2 | March 31, 2009 | 40% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 16 | 2 | January 31, 2016 | 96% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 107 | 1 | February 29, 2008 | 23% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 27 | 1 | April 30, 2005 | |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 15 | 1 | April 30, 2010 | 11% over the limit |
| Flow rate | 2 | 9 | 1 | March 31, 2020 | 34% over the limit |
| Flow rate | 0 | 5 | 1 | June 30, 2012 | 61% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 54 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 33 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 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 AL0048585.
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.