Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0020516
COLUMBUS WATER WORKS (SOUTH COLUMBUS WRF), Columbus, GA: NPDES GA0020516 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 16Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
COLUMBUS WATER WORKS (SOUTH COLUMBUS WRF), held by Columbus Water Works, holds NPDES permit GA0020516. EPA’s file records it issued January 20, 2018 and expiring February 28, 2023. 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 | COLUMBUS WATER WORKS (SOUTH COLUMBUS WRF) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Columbus Water Works |
| NPDES ID | GA0020516 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | January 20, 2018 |
| Expiration date | February 28, 2023 |
| Address | Columbus, GA 31902 |
| Subwatershed | Cool Branch-Chattahoochee River (HUC 031300030905) |
| 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
- 20Pollutants on file
- 16Under a numeric limit
- 12With a violation of any kind
- 9With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 20 | 20 | May 31, 2015 | 67% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 14 | 14 | February 28, 1997 | 33% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 0 | 9 | 9 | July 31, 2026 | 567% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 3 | 6 | 6 | October 31, 2008 | 233% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 0 | 6 | 5 | February 28, 1997 | 567% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 5 | 5 | July 31, 2012 | 175% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 4 | 4 | April 30, 2020 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 2 | 2 | May 31, 1991 | 5% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 1 | 1 | May 31, 1996 | 100% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous, percent removal | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, organic total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho [as P] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 1 | 0 | 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 GA0020516.
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.