Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0020168
GAINESVILLE, CITY OF (LINWOOD WPCP), Gainesville, GA: NPDES GA0020168 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GAINESVILLE, CITY OF (LINWOOD WPCP), held by Gainesville, City of, holds NPDES permit GA0020168. EPA’s file records it issued November 7, 2019 and expiring July 31, 2022. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | GAINESVILLE, CITY OF (LINWOOD WPCP) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Gainesville, City of |
| NPDES ID | GA0020168 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | November 7, 2019 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2022 |
| Address | Gainesville, GA 30501 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Little Suwanee Creek-Yellow River (HUC 030701030301) |
| Program components on file | Biosolids, POTW, Pretreatment |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 14Pollutants on file
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 14With a violation of any kind
- 8With an effluent exceedance
An effluent exceedance is a discharge monitoring report value over the permit’s numeric limit (EPA’s violation code E90). A violation of any kind also counts a report not filed. Each row is EPA’s own count for that pollutant.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 26 | 26 | January 31, 2024 | 1,519% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 0 | 6 | 5 | March 31, 2001 | 13% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 0 | 4 | 4 | April 30, 2002 | 53% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 5 | 3 | August 31, 1994 | 138% over the limit |
| pH | 0 | 4 | 3 | March 31, 1992 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 0 | 2 | 2 | September 30, 2009 | 2,033% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 0 | 2 | 2 | October 31, 2001 | 47% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 1 | 1 | February 28, 1991 | 7% over the limit |
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous, percent removal | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES limits and effluent violations files (ECHO download); up to 60 rows shown, most exceedances first.
Inspections, violations and enforcement
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES GA0020168.
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not include the inspections, formal enforcement actions and informal enforcement actions files, so this page shows none of them. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO lists this permit’s inspections, enforcement actions and penalties.
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES violation, inspection and enforcement files (ECHO download); up to 50 rows of each shown, newest first.
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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.