Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0056022
THOMASVILLE HCR LAGOON & SPRAYFIELD, Thomasville, AL: NPDES AL0056022 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 24Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
THOMASVILLE HCR LAGOON & SPRAYFIELD, held by City of Thomasville Water Works and Sewer Board, holds NPDES permit AL0056022. EPA’s file records it issued May 24, 2018 and expiring May 31, 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 | THOMASVILLE HCR LAGOON & SPRAYFIELD |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Thomasville Water Works and Sewer Board |
| NPDES ID | AL0056022 |
| 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 | May 24, 2018 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2023 |
| Address | Thomasville, AL 36784 |
| Subwatershed | Orphans Creek-Bassett Creek (HUC 031602030602) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 34Pollutants on file
- 24Under a numeric limit
- 29With a violation of any kind
- 10With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform, fecal general | 5 | 73 | 70 | September 30, 2025 | 4,662% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 30 | 28 | March 31, 2025 | 186% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 15 | 46 | 18 | March 31, 2015 | 772% over the limit |
| E. coli | 11 | 37 | 18 | July 31, 2026 | 2,136% over the limit |
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 17 | 15 | July 31, 2026 | 213% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 20 | 43 | 13 | February 28, 2010 | 79% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 20 | 42 | 10 | December 31, 2025 | 63% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 11 | 3 | January 31, 2022 | 126% over the limit |
| pH | 12 | 40 | 1 | June 30, 2011 | |
| Flow rate | 0 | 2 | 1 | May 31, 2018 | 17% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 15 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 12 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 10 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 8 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 3 | 10 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 7 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Methylene blue active substances | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lead, dissolved [as Pb] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, dissolved [as Ni] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, dissolved [as Zn] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrite total [as N] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Water level at sample collection time | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 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 AL0056022.
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.