Alaska NPDES permit search
Status, expiry and violations for 36 municipal wastewater permits · issued by ADEC as APDES permits
In short
How do I look up an NPDES permit in Alaska?
Search this page by permit number or plant name for a municipal plant’s permit status, expiry date and violations. For the official file, search the EDMS Site Explorer or DEC’s wastewater discharge page. EPA’s ECHO database shows the monitoring results and violations of every permit. The 151 industrial permits in Alaska are listed in Klarifi with a free account.
Links to official sources checked September 2026.
Effective
28
Administratively continued
8
Expired
0
Plants with effluent violations, 3 years
30
Where to find official Alaska NPDES records
Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC) runs the NPDES program in Alaska under authorization from EPA Region 10, as the Alaska Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (APDES). It issues and enforces the permits and keeps the official file: applications, permits, fact sheets and monitoring reports. EPA keeps the permits of federal facilities in Denali National Park, facilities in Indian Country, discharges beyond state waters and plants with section 301(h) waivers. ADEC website ↗
permits · inspections · enforcement
DEC’s map of current and past permits, inspections and compliance actions, open without an account. Type the APDES permit number (for example AK0023213) or the facility name, or use Advanced Search.
permit documents
Lists the permits on public notice and those recently issued, each with the permit, fact sheet and response to comments.
permits · DMRs · inspections · violations · enforcement
EPA’s Enforcement and Compliance History Online. Search water facilities by permit number, name or city; the Detailed Facility Report lists inspections, violations and enforcement actions, and Effluent Charts plot monitoring results against the permit limits.
- Discharge monitoring reports
- Through EPA’s NetDMR; other permit submissions go through DEC’s EDMS.
Industrial and commercial NPDES permits in Alaska
Most NPDES permits are not held by municipal plants. EPA’s permit database lists 151 individual permits in force for industrial and commercial facilities in Alaska (manufacturers, food processors, mines, power plants, landfills), 29 of them major dischargers, plus 1,385 facilities covered by a general permit, mostly for stormwater. 30 of the individual permits recorded at least one effluent violation in the last three years.
| Facility | Permit | Status | Expires | Effluent violations |
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Unlock 151 industrial permits in Alaska
Search every industrial and commercial discharger in Alaska by name or permit number, with permit status, expiry and violation history. Free with a Klarifi account.
Industrial and commercial NPDES permits in Alaska: permits in force (effective or administratively continued) held by facilities EPA does not class as publicly owned treatment works or federal facilities. Source: EPA ICIS-NPDES via Klarifi, October 2026.
Violations at Alaska wastewater plants
30 of the 36 municipal plants on this page recorded at least one effluent violation, a monitored value above a permit limit, in the last three years, and 30 had a violation of any kind, including late or missing monitoring reports. Each plant’s page shows its own count. EPA’s enforcement records list 16 formal cases naming Alaska wastewater plants, 3 of them since fiscal year 2020, with $331,818 in penalties assessed. Enforcement cases in Alaska →
Permit renewals by year
An NPDES permit runs for five years. To keep discharging, a plant must apply for renewal at least 180 days before the expiry date, and the renewed permit usually arrives with tighter effluent limits, new monitoring requirements or a compliance schedule. That is why the year a permit expires is the year a plant starts budgeting for upgrades: nutrient removal, disinfection, capacity or controls.
Largest permit holders in Alaska
| Facility | City | Avg flow (MGD) | Design (MGD) | NPDES permit | Status | Expires | Violations (3y) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Heart Utilities WWTP | Fairbanks | 4.69 | — | AK0023451 | Effective | Dec 2026 | 1 |
| Charcoal Point WWTP | Ketchikan | 1.61 | 4 | AK0021440 | Effective | Oct 2030 | 10 |
| Mendenhall Valley WWTP | Juneau | 2.15 | — | AK0022951 | Administratively continued | May 2025 | 59 |
| Kodiak Wastewater Treatment Facility | Kodiak | 1.78 | — | AK0021555 | Effective | May 2029 | 2 |
| Eagle River WWTP | Eagle River | 1.39 | — | AK0022543 | Effective | Jan 2031 | 0 |
| Petersburg WWTP | Petersburg | 0.43 | 1.2 | AK0021458 | Effective | Oct 2030 | 4 |
| Juneau Douglas Wastewater Treatment Plant | Juneau | 0.96 | — | AK0023213 | Administratively continued | Feb 2026 | 25 |
| Palmer WWTP | Palmer | 0.7 | — | AK0022497 | Effective | Feb 2030 | 11 |
| Metlakatla Sewer Treatment Plant | Metlakatla | 0.23 | 0.69 | AK0053813 | Administratively continued | Sep 2025 | 102 |
| Skagway WWTP | Skagway | 0.21 | 0.63 | AK0020010 | Effective | Oct 2030 | 120 |
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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 12, 2026.
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