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Fort Payne Wastewater Treatment Plant

2200 Industrial Blvd. SW, Fort Payne, AL 35968 · De Kalb County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works

Average flow
1.59 MGD
Design flow
5 MGD
NPDES permit
AL0023311
Administratively continued
Permit expires
March 2024
Population served
14,877
CWNS 2022

Fort Payne Wastewater Treatment Plant is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Fort Payne, De Kalb County, Alabama treating an average of 1.59 million gallons per day against a permitted design capacity of 5 MGD, serving about 14,877 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit AL0023311 (administratively continued), which expires in March 2024, with 8 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 1 formal enforcement action naming the plant, the latest in May 2006.

Treatment technology

2 treatment structures and unit processes identified at Fort Payne Wastewater Treatment Plant.

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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)

Total violations
8
Effluent violations
6

Based on NPDES Discharge Monitoring Reports. Full violation history, parameters and discharge data available in the Klarifi platform.

EPA enforcement history

Federal civil enforcement cases, compliance inspections and informal actions recorded for Fort Payne Wastewater Treatment Plant in EPA's ICIS system.

Formal actions
1
0 since FY2020
Penalties assessed
$400
all cases
Compliance actions
$500
required by EPA orders
EPA inspections
2
latest May 2008

Latest case · May 2006

FORT PAYNE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT

Administrative order · CAA, Prevention of Accidental Release/Risk Management Plans (RMPs) · Final Order With Penalty · Penalty $400 · Compliance actions $500

Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 04-2006-8030.

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Fort Payne Wastewater Treatment Plant: frequently asked questions

Sources and methodology

Flow, permit and violation figures come from the EPA's ICIS-NPDES discharge monitoring records. Population served comes from the Clean Watersheds Needs Survey 2022. Treatment structures are identified by Klarifi's review of aerial imagery, and capital improvement projects are extracted from published municipal budget documents. Violations are counted over the last three years of monitoring reports.

Data refreshed October 26, 2026; facility record last updated May 10, 2025.

Wastewater terms: POTW · MGD · NPDES permit · Inflow and infiltration · Filter press · FOG · all terms


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