Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES FL0571580
CITY OF TARPON SPRINGS RO WTP, Tarpon Springs, FL: NPDES FL0571580 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 27Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CITY OF TARPON SPRINGS RO WTP, held by City of Tarpon Springs, holds NPDES permit FL0571580, which discharges to Gulf Of Mexico. EPA’s file records it issued March 28, 2016 and expiring March 27, 2021. 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 | CITY OF TARPON SPRINGS RO WTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Tarpon Springs |
| NPDES ID | FL0571580 |
| 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 | March 28, 2016 |
| Expiration date | March 27, 2021 |
| Issuing agency | Florida Department of Environmental Protection |
| Address | Tarpon Springs, FL 34689 |
| Receiving water | Gulf of Mexico |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Anclote River-Curlew Creek Frontal (HUC 031002070503) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 30Pollutants on file
- 27Under a numeric limit
- 30With a violation of any kind
- 9With 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 dissolved | 2 | 6 | 4 | October 31, 2015 | 399,900% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 0 | 4 | 4 | October 31, 2015 | 96% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 5 | 3 | September 30, 2015 | |
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 2 | 4 | 2 | September 30, 2015 | 317% over the limit |
| Iron, total recoverable | 2 | 4 | 2 | September 30, 2015 | 98% over the limit |
| Selenium, total recoverable | 2 | 3 | 1 | September 30, 2015 | 2% over the limit |
| Nickel, total recoverable | 2 | 3 | 1 | September 30, 2015 | 410% over the limit |
| Alpha, gross particle activity | 2 | 3 | 1 | September 30, 2015 | 55% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 1 | 1 | September 30, 2015 | 4,100% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved percent saturation | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Menidia | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Color [PT-CO units] | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Salinity | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Potassium, total [as K] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Radium 226 + radium 228, total | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorous, in total orthophosphate | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total recoverable | 0 | 1 | 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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| September 2, 2024 | Effluent Violations - Industrial Spill | ST6 |
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.