Florida NPDES permit search
Status, expiry and violations for 449 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 1,269 industrial permits in Florida are listed in Klarifi with a free account.
Links to official sources checked September 2026.
Effective
408
Administratively continued
30
Expired
2
Plants with effluent violations, 3 years
45
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 1,269 individual permits in force for industrial and commercial facilities in Florida (manufacturers, food processors, mines, power plants, landfills), 208 of them major dischargers, plus 5,019 facilities covered by a general permit, mostly for stormwater. 181 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 1,269 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
45 of the 449 municipal plants on this page recorded at least one effluent violation, a monitored value above a permit limit, in the last three years, and 46 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 34 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.
2029: 72 permits
2030: 60 permits
2031: 73 permits
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 |
| Mdwasa South District WWTF | Cutler Bay | 112.5 | 112.5 | FLA042137 | Administratively continued | Dec 2022 | — |
| East Central Regional Water Reclamation Facility | West Palm Beach | 70 | 70 | FLA041360 | Effective | Jul 2031 | — |
| Fort Lauderdale - G T Lohmeyer WWTP | Ft Lauderdale | 61.58 | 61.58 | FLA041378 | Effective | Dec 2026 | — |
| Pasco County Master Reuse System | New Port Richey | 58.6 | 58.6 | FLA127272 | Effective | Sep 2028 | — |
| Ocud/south WRF | Orlando | 56 | 56 | FLA107972 | Effective | Mar 2029 | — |
| St Petersburg Master Urban Reuse System | St Petersburg | 56 | 56 | FLA012881 | Effective | Aug 2028 | — |
| Jea Buckman WWTP | Jacksonville | 21.38 | 52.5 | FL0026000 | Effective | Dec 2030 | 66 |
| Southern Regional WWTP | Boynton Beach | 35 | — | FLL041424 | Effective | Dec 2030 | — |
| Collier County North County WRF | Naples | 30.6 | 30.6 | FLA141399 | Effective | Dec 2028 | — |
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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 26, 2026.
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