Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0048861
SUGAR CREEK ADVANCED WWTP, Alexander City, AL: NPDES AL0048861 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 19Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SUGAR CREEK ADVANCED WWTP, held by City of Alexander City, holds NPDES permit AL0048861. EPA’s file records it issued October 26, 2017 and expiring October 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 filed | SUGAR CREEK ADVANCED WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Alexander City |
| NPDES ID | AL0048861 |
| 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 | October 26, 2017 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2022 |
| Address | Alexander City, AL 35010 |
| Subwatershed | Elkahatchee Creek (HUC 031501090803) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 21Pollutants on file
- 19Under a numeric limit
- 20With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 18 | 24 | 4 | June 30, 2009 | 377% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 18 | 23 | 4 | June 30, 2009 | 339% over the limit |
| pH | 8 | 13 | 1 | December 31, 2006 | |
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 3 | 1 | November 30, 2006 | 4,777% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 2 | 3 | 1 | November 30, 2021 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 18 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 10 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 10 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 10 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 6 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dichlorobromomethane | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Color [admi units] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Copper, 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 AL0048861.
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.