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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0074195

WEST BLOCTON WWTP, West Blocton, AL: NPDES AL0074195 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

WEST BLOCTON WWTP, held by Town of West Blocton, holds NPDES permit AL0074195. EPA’s file records it issued November 19, 2015 and expiring November 30, 2020. 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 filedWEST BLOCTON WWTP
Permittee as filedTown of West Blocton
NPDES IDAL0074195
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
IssuedNovember 19, 2015
Expiration dateNovember 30, 2020
AddressWest Blocton, AL 35184
SubwatershedCaffee Creek (HUC 031502020406)

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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]88957July 31, 2024767% over the limit
E. coli82727May 31, 2021282% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]86323June 30, 2024537% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general02610November 30, 2007252% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1168December 31, 201177% over the limit
Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia132December 31, 20242,147,483,650% over the limit
Solids, total suspended8651October 31, 200247% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C0651July 31, 2004245% over the limit
pH2171October 31, 2002
Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]121June 30, 20242,147,483,650% over the limit
Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N]0400
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2160
Solids, suspended percent removal180
BOD, 5-day, percent removal080
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]1200
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]400
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]400
Copper, total recoverable200
Chlorine, total residual200
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal100

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 AL0074195.

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.