Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0061280
GARDEN CITY WASTEWATER LAGOON, Garden City, AL: NPDES AL0061280 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GARDEN CITY WASTEWATER LAGOON, held by Town of Garden City, holds NPDES permit AL0061280. EPA’s file records it issued October 26, 2017 and expiring October 31, 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 | GARDEN CITY WASTEWATER LAGOON |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Town of Garden City |
| NPDES ID | AL0061280 |
| 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 | October 26, 2017 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2022 |
| Address | Garden City, AL 35070 |
| Subwatershed | Murphy Creek-Mill Creek (HUC 031601090203) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 16Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 16With 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, suspended percent removal | 1 | 50 | 46 | August 31, 2025 | 197% over the limit |
| E. coli | 4 | 23 | 21 | June 30, 2023 | 99,999% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 30 | 12 | June 30, 2021 | |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 0 | 13 | 11 | June 30, 2003 | 186% over the limit |
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 15 | 10 | February 29, 2024 | 129% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 8 | 36 | 6 | November 30, 2025 | 260% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 20 | 5 | August 31, 2011 | 160% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 7 | 3 | July 31, 2009 | 7% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 40 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 40 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 3 | 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 AL0061280.
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.