Florida NPDES permit search
Status, expiry and violations for 61 municipal wastewater permits · issued by FDEP
In short
How do I look up an NPDES permit in Florida?
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 DEP Information Portal or OCULUS. EPA’s ECHO database shows the monitoring results and violations of every permit. The 1,264 industrial permits in Florida are listed in Klarifi with a free account.
Links to official sources checked September 2026.
Effective
51
Administratively continued
7
Expired
0
Plants with effluent violations, 3 years
46
Where to find official Florida NPDES records
Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) runs the NPDES program in Florida under authorization from EPA Region 4. It issues and enforces the permits and keeps the official file: applications, permits, fact sheets and monitoring reports. Most wastewater permits are issued by DEP’s six district offices and by delegated local programs. FDEP website ↗
permits · permit documents
Search a facility by its ID (for example FL0033251) or part of its name, with % as a wildcard. In the results, D lists its documents in OCULUS and M shows it on Map Direct.
permit documents · enforcement
DEP’s document system. Click “PUBLIC OCULUS LOGIN” (no password), choose the Wastewater catalog and enter the facility ID, adding a profile such as Permitting_Authorization. DEP replaces OCULUS with a new document system in mid-October 2026.
permits
DEP’s list of NPDES facilities, domestic and industrial, by county with facility ID and permit status. Use the ID in the Information Portal or OCULUS.
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.
- Permit numbers
- DEP facility IDs start FL0 for individual NPDES permits (FL0033251) and FLG for coverage under a general permit; FLA IDs are domestic wastewater facilities without an NPDES permit.
- Discharge monitoring reports
- Through EzDMR, DEP’s own electronic DMR system, required since December 2016.
Industrial and commercial NPDES permits in Florida
Most NPDES permits are not held by municipal plants. EPA’s permit database lists 1,264 individual permits in force for industrial and commercial facilities in Florida (manufacturers, food processors, mines, power plants, landfills), 212 of them major dischargers, plus 4,999 facilities covered by a general permit, mostly for stormwater. 178 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 1,264 industrial permits in Florida
Search every industrial and commercial discharger in Florida by name or permit number, with permit status, expiry and violation history. Free with a Klarifi account.
Industrial and commercial NPDES permits in Florida: 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 Florida wastewater plants
46 of the 61 municipal plants on this page recorded at least one effluent violation, a monitored value above a permit limit, in the last three years, and 47 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 35 formal cases naming Florida wastewater plants, 0 of them since fiscal year 2020, with $2.3 million in penalties assessed. Enforcement cases in Florida →
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 Florida
| Facility | City | Avg flow (MGD) | Design (MGD) | NPDES permit | Status | Expires | Violations (3y) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central District Wastewater Treatment Plant | Key Biscayne | 117.2 | 143 | FL0024805 | Administratively continued | Dec 2025 | 65 |
| Jea Buckman WWTP | Jacksonville | 21.38 | 52.5 | FL0026000 | Effective | Dec 2030 | 66 |
| Boca Raton, City Of - WWTP | Boca Raton | 13.29 | 17.5 | FL0026344 | Effective | Sep 2028 | 8 |
| Daytona Beach Westside Regional WRF | Daytona Beach | 12.71 | 15 | FL0111392 | Effective | May 2029 | 4 |
| Southwest District WWTF | Jacksonville | 11.38 | 14 | FL0026468 | Effective | Aug 2029 | 4 |
| Everest Parkway WRF | Cape Coral | 6.07 | 13.4 | FL0030007 | Effective | Sep 2027 | 0 |
| Blacks Ford WRF | Jacksonville | 4.93 | 12 | FL0174441 | Effective | Jun 2031 | 4 |
| R. Dwayne Huffman Reclaimed Water Plant | Port Orange | — | 12 | FL0020559 | Effective | Jun 2030 | 76 |
| South Central Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant | Melbourne | — | 12 | FL0102679 | Administratively continued | Jul 2026 | 0 |
| Loxahatchee Environmental Control District - WWTP | Jupiter | — | 11 | FL0034649 | Effective | Mar 2029 | — |
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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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