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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0056120

PRUDES CREEK WRF, Graysville, AL: NPDES AL0056120 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

PRUDES CREEK WRF, held by Jefferson County Commission, holds NPDES permit AL0056120. EPA’s file records it issued July 26, 2019 and expiring July 31, 2024. 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 filedPRUDES CREEK WRF
Permittee as filedJefferson County Commission
NPDES IDAL0056120
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedJuly 26, 2019
Expiration dateJuly 31, 2024
AddressGraysville, AL 35073
SubwatershedLower Fivemile Creek (HUC 031601110407)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Coliform, fecal general03911June 30, 2013400% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]8615September 30, 2015467% over the limit
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]8593September 30, 201575% over the limit
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal1173February 29, 202443% over the limit
E. coli422October 31, 2019873% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]2151September 30, 20152% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]121400
Solids, total suspended81120
pH2280
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2280
Solids, suspended percent removal1140
Phosphorus, total [as P]880
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]480
Chlorine, total residual220

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES AL0056120.

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.