Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0059218
OPELIKA EASTSIDE WWTP, Opelika, AL: NPDES AL0059218 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 22Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
OPELIKA EASTSIDE WWTP, held by City of Opelika, holds NPDES permit AL0059218. 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 EASTSIDE WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Opelika |
| NPDES ID | AL0059218 |
| 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 36801 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Mountain Springs Church (HUC 031300021106) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 30Pollutants on file
- 22Under a numeric limit
- 25With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nickel, total recoverable | 2 | 7 | 7 | January 31, 2020 | 205% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 9 | 18 | 5 | March 31, 2026 | 733% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 14 | 5 | October 31, 2005 | 13,400% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 8 | 5 | April 30, 2002 | 200% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 5 | 5 | October 31, 2007 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 4 | 4 | January 31, 2020 | 331% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 4 | 4 | April 30, 2012 | 33% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 4 | 4 | October 31, 2007 | 99,999% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 7 | 1 | August 31, 2003 | |
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 4 | 1 | May 31, 2001 | 7% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 13 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 9 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Lead, dissolved [as Pb] | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, dissolved [as Ni] | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, dissolved [as Zn] | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Methylene blue active substances | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent tot 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 AL0059218.
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.