Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0071897
MADISON WWTP, Madison, AL: NPDES AL0071897 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 15Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MADISON WWTP, held by Water & Wastewater Board of the City of Madison, holds NPDES permit AL0071897. EPA’s file records it issued September 24, 2014 and expiring September 30, 2019. 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 | MADISON WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Water & Wastewater Board of the City of Madison |
| NPDES ID | AL0071897 |
| 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 | September 24, 2014 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2019 |
| Address | Madison, AL 35756 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Matney Branch-Tennessee River (HUC 060300020906) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 16Pollutants on file
- 15Under a numeric limit
- 11With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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, total suspended | 8 | 51 | 41 | January 31, 2013 | 461% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 18 | 13 | February 28, 2014 | 225% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 9 | 8 | February 28, 2019 | 103% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 17 | 7 | January 31, 2009 | 506% over the limit |
| E. coli | 2 | 7 | 7 | June 30, 2019 | 751% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 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 AL0071897.
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.