Enterprise adopts annual MWPP reports for College Street and Northeast wastewater plants

Enterprise City Council on Tuesday adopted annual Municipal Water Pollution Prevention (MWPP) reports for the College Street and Northeast wastewater treatment plants, officials said, approving measures to maintain effluent standards under each facility’s NPDES permit.

The council voted to adopt Resolution 052025 covering the College Street facility, NPDES permit AL00203036, and Resolution 052025A covering the Northeast facility, NPDES permit AL002061. Both motions carried without recorded roll-call tallies during the meeting.

The MWPPs compile monitoring and operational data, compare those data to permit limits and identify actions and schedules necessary to prevent bypasses or sanitary sewer overflows, city staff said. In 2024 both plants accumulated 24 points on the MWPP scoring scale — a low total, staff said — primarily driven by the age of the facilities rather than operating violations.

"Both plants accumulated only 24 points and most of that’s due to age of the plants," a staff member presenting the reports said. The presenter also noted no sanitary sewer overflows were reported in 2024 and that discharge monitoring and operations were within permit parameters.

The reports also summarize ongoing maintenance and planned upgrades intended to keep performance steady in future reporting years, the presenter said. Council members adopted the resolutions to formalize the city’s compliance plans and to provide the required documentation to the Alabama Department of Environmental Management and other regulators.

No public comments were offered on the MWPP items during the meeting. The resolutions require staff follow-up to implement the actions and schedules described in the reports.

The council’s formal actions on the MWPPs complete the city’s annual documentation obligations under the referenced NPDES permits and provide a basis for tracking future capital and maintenance needs for both facilities.