Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0050130
OPELIKA WESTSIDE WWTP, Opelika, AL: NPDES AL0050130 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 19Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 11Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
OPELIKA WESTSIDE WWTP, held by City of Opelika, holds NPDES permit AL0050130. EPA’s file records it issued November 28, 2016 and expiring November 30, 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 | OPELIKA WESTSIDE WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Opelika |
| NPDES ID | AL0050130 |
| 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 | November 28, 2016 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2021 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Opelika, AL 36803 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Upper Sougahatchee Creek (HUC 031501100102) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 28Pollutants on file
- 19Under a numeric limit
- 25With a violation of any kind
- 11With 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] | 5 | 69 | 59 | March 31, 2023 | 1,025% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 9 | 23 | 11 | April 30, 2026 | 452% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 13 | 7 | July 31, 2002 | 726% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 8 | 5 | March 31, 2004 | 140% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 7 | 5 | July 31, 2011 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Mercury, total recoverable | 2 | 5 | 5 | June 30, 2019 | 959% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 9 | 24 | 4 | March 31, 2004 | 53% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 12 | 4 | January 31, 2007 | |
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 5 | 3 | July 31, 2011 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 2 | 2 | November 30, 2018 | 38% over the limit |
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 4 | 1 | April 30, 2001 | 13% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 13 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 5 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 5 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Methylene blue active substances | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Lead, dissolved [as Pb] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, dissolved [as Ni] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, dissolved [as Zn] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 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 AL0050130.
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.