COLUMBIA COUNTY WATER UTILITY (HARLEM WPCP - 0.25 MGD), Harlem, GA: NPDES GA0020389 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

COLUMBIA COUNTY WATER UTILITY (HARLEM WPCP - 0.25 MGD), Harlem, Georgia: Individual permit GA0020389, held by Harlem, City of; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued; issued July 11, 2005, term to July 10, 2010.

• Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 166 violations of any kind, 46 effluent exceedances, latest January 31, 2025, largest 94% over the limit.
• Solids, total suspended: 8 limits, 499 violations of any kind, 19 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2011, largest 1,140% over the limit.
• BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 8 limits, 491 violations of any kind, 11 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2020, largest 1,010% over the limit.
• Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 0 limits, 9 violations of any kind, 9 effluent exceedances, latest May 31, 2021, largest 109% over the limit.
• Coliform, fecal general: 2 limits, 122 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest August 31, 1990, largest 99,999% over the limit.
• pH: 2 limits, 125 violations of any kind.
• BOD, 5-day, percent removal: 1 limit, 60 violations of any kind.
• Solids, suspended percent removal: 1 limit, 60 violations of any kind.
• Solids, sludge, total, dry weight: 1 limit, 8 violations of any kind.
• Nitrogen, organic total [as N]: 0 limits, 2 violations of any kind.

• September 29, 2026: Notice of Noncompliance Issued (State).
• August 13, 2026: Evaluation (S).
• August 13, 2026: Evaluation (S).

Georgia holds 458 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 73 were issued before GA0020389.

Coverages issued nearest GA0020389

• 2005-03-23: CITY OF VIDALIA, Vidalia: GAU020100, held by VIDALIA (LAS)
• 2005-04-20: AMICALOLA FALLS STATE PARK, Dawsonville: GAU020045, held by DNR (AMICALOLA FALLS STATE PK)
• 2005-05-31: CITY OF REIDSVILLE, Reidsville: GAU020058, held by REIDSVILLE (SHERWOOD -- LAS)
• 2005-06-03: FULTON COUNTY - CAULEY CREEK WPCP, Duluth: GA0038440, held by FULTON CO-CAULEY CRK
• 2005-06-17: CHATHAM CO WATER & SEWER AUTH, Savannah: GAU020285, held by CHATHAM CO (PINE BARREN RD)
• 2005-07-18: KEYSVILLE (LAS), Keysville: GAU020155
• 2005-07-29: MIDWAY, CITY OF, Midway: GAU020131, held by MIDWAY LAS
• 2005-08-10: HARTWELL, Hartwell: GAU020114, held by HARTWELL (UBAN WATER REUSE)
• 2005-08-29: CRAWFORD WESTSIDE WPCP, Crawford: GA0033707
• 2005-09-02: GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (GEORGIA VISITOR CENTER SYLVANIA), Sylvania: GA0030287, held by Georgia Department of Economic Development

COLUMBIA COUNTY WATER UTILITY (HARLEM WPCP - 0.25 MGD) among its neighbors

78 discharge permits are in the Rosemary Creek subwatershed (HUC 030602010607); GA0020389 is one. Its county: 26, 3 major; GA0020389 is minor permit.

Other permits in the Rosemary Creek subwatershed (HUC 030602010607)

• AAA COOPER TRANSPORTATION, Augusta: GAIS14590, minor, term to 2027-05-31
• AMETRI HWY 25 INDUSTRIAL PARK, Millen: GAR18C27A, minor, term to 2028-07-31
• AU-HS PAVILION I & II, Augusta: GAR18C264, minor, term to 2028-07-31
• AUGUSTA MILL ADDITION, Augusta: GAIS15136, minor, term to 2027-05-31
• AUGUSTA PUBLIC TRANSIT, Augusta: GAIS14076, minor, term to 2027-05-31
• AUGUSTA TERMINAL, Augusta: GAIS15025, minor, term to 2027-05-31
• AUGUSTA, CITY OF (HIGHLAND AVENUE WTP), Augusta: GAG640063, minor, term to 2025-12-31
• AURUBIS RICHMOND, Augusta: GAIS14658, minor, term to 2027-05-31
• AYLESBURY COMMONS SUBDIVISION, Unknown: GAR347016, minor, term to 2018-07-31
• AYLESBURY COMMONS SUBDIVISION, Unknown: GAR347018, minor, term to 2018-07-31