Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0081124
CITY OF ORANGE BEACH WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Orange Beach, AL: NPDES AL0081124 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 14Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CITY OF ORANGE BEACH WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, held by City of Orange Beach, holds NPDES permit AL0081124. EPA’s file records it issued April 23, 2026 and expiring April 30, 2031. 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 filed | CITY OF ORANGE BEACH WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Orange Beach |
| NPDES ID | AL0081124 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | April 23, 2026 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2031 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Orange Beach, AL 36561 |
| Subwatershed | Perdido Pass-Frontal Gulf of Mexico (HUC 031401070204) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 16Pollutants on file
- 14Under a numeric limit
- 7With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 5 | 5 | June 30, 2025 | 21% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 5 | 5 | May 31, 2019 | 130% over the limit |
| Enterococci: group D, MF trans, M-E, EIA | 4 | 4 | 4 | March 31, 2024 | 1,419% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 3 | 3 | July 31, 2019 | 12% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 2 | 2 | June 30, 2016 | 9% over the limit |
| Mercury, total recoverable | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Cyprinodon variegatus | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 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 AL0081124.
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not yet 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.