Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES FL0102482
SOUTH WALTON UTILITY COMPANY WWTP, Miramar Beach, FL: NPDES FL0102482 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 23Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SOUTH WALTON UTILITY COMPANY WWTP, held by South Walton Utility Company, holds NPDES permit FL0102482, which discharges to Choctawhatchee Bay. EPA’s file records it issued October 8, 2015 and expiring October 7, 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 filed | SOUTH WALTON UTILITY COMPANY WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | South Walton Utility Company |
| NPDES ID | FL0102482 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | October 8, 2015 |
| Expiration date | October 7, 2020 |
| Issuing agency | Florida Department of Environmental Protection |
| Address | Miramar Beach, FL 32550 |
| Receiving water | CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Destin Harbor-Alligator Lake Frontal (HUC 031401020402) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 32Pollutants on file
- 23Under a numeric limit
- 31With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 25 | 64 | 29 | January 31, 2019 | 641% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 25 | 63 | 28 | May 31, 2018 | 2,433% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 7 | 3 | May 31, 2014 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 8 | 2 | August 31, 2015 | 133% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 14 | 27 | 1 | February 29, 2024 | 7% over the limit |
| pH | 30 | 52 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 13 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 13 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 13 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 13 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 13 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 13 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Chlorophyll A | 13 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorous, in total orthophosphate | 13 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 14 | 22 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 13 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Water level at sample collection time | 4 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 7 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Ammonia, unionized | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Stream stage | 12 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Enterococci: group D, MF trans, M-E, EIA | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| % of fecal coliform samples < detectable | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Plant capacity fact. percent of capacity | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Macroinvertebrate assessment | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Herbaceous vegetation, presence | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Woody vegetation, presence | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Algae, presence | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Fish, presence | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Threatened & endangered species, presence | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia, tot unionized [as N] | 8 | 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
- 12Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| July 24, 2026 | WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building Backup | ST6 |
| August 7, 2025 | WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building Backup | ST6 |
| December 16, 2024 | WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building Backup | ST6 |
| June 27, 2022 | WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building Backup | ST6 |
| September 16, 2020 | WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building Backup | ST6 |
| August 26, 2020 | WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building Backup | ST6 |
| July 8, 2020 | WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building Backup | ST6 |
| June 30, 2020 | WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building Backup | ST6 |
| March 16, 2020 | WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building Backup | ST6 |
| December 18, 2019 | WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building Backup | ST6 |
| September 16, 2019 | WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building Backup | ST6 |
| March 12, 2019 | WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building Backup | ST6 |
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.