Charcoal Point WWTP
3921 Tongass Ave, Ketchikan, AK 99901 · Ketchikan Gateway Borough County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 1.61 MGD
- Design flow
- 4 MGD
- NPDES permit
- AK0021440
- Effective
- Permit expires
- October 2030
- Population served
- 10,874
- CWNS 2022
Charcoal Point WWTP is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Ketchikan, Ketchikan Gateway Borough County, Alaska treating an average of 1.61 million gallons per day against a permitted design capacity of 4 MGD, serving about 10,874 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit AK0021440 (effective), which expires in October 2030, with 10 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 2 formal enforcement actions naming the plant, the latest in February 2007.
Treatment technology
6 treatment structures and unit processes identified at Charcoal Point WWTP.
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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 10
- Effluent violations
- 10
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EPA enforcement history
Federal civil enforcement cases, compliance inspections and informal actions recorded for Charcoal Point WWTP in EPA's ICIS system.
- Formal actions
- 2
- 0 since FY2020
- Penalties assessed
- $39,000
- all cases
- Compliance actions
- $229,781
- required by EPA orders
- EPA inspections
- 0
- none on record
Latest case · Feb 2007
CITY OF KETCHIKAN
Administrative order · CWA, NPDES Permit Violations · Final Order With Penalty · Penalty $39,000 · Compliance actions $229,781
EPA's description of the case:
“Respondent failed to comply with effluent limitations specified in NPDES permit # AK0021440 (ie. fecal coliform bacteria, biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), total suspended solids (TSS), copper, total…”
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Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 10-2007-0029.
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Key contacts
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Charcoal Point WWTP: 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 September 1, 2025.
Wastewater terms: POTW · MGD · NPDES permit · Inflow and infiltration · Ozonation · Activated sludge · all terms