Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0055514
OWENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WWTP, Athens, AL: NPDES AL0055514 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
OWENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WWTP, held by Limestone County Water and Sewer Authority, holds NPDES permit AL0055514. EPA’s file records it issued April 18, 2018 and expiring April 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 | OWENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Limestone County Water and Sewer Authority |
| NPDES ID | AL0055514 |
| 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 | April 18, 2018 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2023 |
| Address | Athens, AL 35614 |
| Subwatershed | Big Creek-Elk River (HUC 060300040405) |
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
- 7With 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] | 8 | 76 | 56 | May 31, 2017 | 1,155% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 47 | 13 | January 31, 2016 | 85% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 17 | 6 | August 31, 2011 | 1,408% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 34 | 2 | September 30, 2009 | 171% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 12 | 1 | September 30, 2004 | 809% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 9 | 1 | October 31, 2010 | |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 7 | 1 | September 30, 2009 | 111% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 4 | 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 AL0055514.
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.