Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0050245
AUBURN NORTHSIDE WPCF, Auburn, AL: NPDES AL0050245 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 15Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
AUBURN NORTHSIDE WPCF, held by City of Auburn, holds NPDES permit AL0050245. EPA’s file records it issued November 17, 2017 and expiring November 30, 2022. 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 | AUBURN NORTHSIDE WPCF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Auburn |
| NPDES ID | AL0050245 |
| 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 17, 2017 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2022 |
| Address | Auburn, AL 36830 |
| 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
- 24Pollutants on file
- 15Under a numeric limit
- 21With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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 | 8 | 109 | 21 | March 31, 2005 | 804% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 36 | 18 | September 30, 2004 | 3,900% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 12 | 97 | 9 | March 31, 2005 | 74% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 51 | 6 | July 31, 2010 | 67% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 16 | 4 | January 31, 2007 | 1,050% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 9 | 4 | July 31, 2004 | 40% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 41 | 1 | August 31, 2012 | 10% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 24 | 1 | June 30, 2005 | |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 8 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lead, dissolved [as Pb] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, dissolved [as Ni] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, dissolved [as Zn] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Methylene blue active substances | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 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 AL0050245.
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.