Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0020575

CLAYTON COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY (NORTHEAST WRF), Rex, GA: NPDES GA0020575 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MajorDischarger class
17Pollutants under a numeric limit
9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

CLAYTON COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY (NORTHEAST WRF), held by Clayton County, holds NPDES permit GA0020575. EPA’s file records it issued August 15, 2016 and expiring August 31, 2021. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filed	CLAYTON COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY (NORTHEAST WRF)
Permittee as filed	Clayton County
NPDES ID	GA0020575
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	August 15, 2016
Expiration date	August 31, 2021
Address	Rex, GA 30273
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Little Suwanee Creek-Yellow River (HUC 030701030301)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

17Pollutants on file
17Under a numeric limit
11With 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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	4	15	15	September 30, 2007	209% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	12	12	March 31, 2020	44% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]	4	11	11	February 29, 2020	645% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general	2	6	6	June 30, 2012	99,999% over the limit
pH	2	6	5	December 31, 2007
Solids, suspended percent removal	1	5	4	September 30, 2006	99,999% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	8	10	2	April 30, 2005	120% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	8	9	1	April 30, 2005	7% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	1	1	October 31, 1994	100% over the limit
NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia	1	2	0
Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales	1	2	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
Phosphate, ortho [as P]	1	0	0
Solids, sludge, total, dry weight	1	0	0
BOD, 5-day, percent removal	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 GA0020575.

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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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit GA0020575, held by Clayton County for the CLAYTON COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY (NORTHEAST WRF) in Rex, GA, and lists its permit status as Administratively continued with a Major Discharger class. The facts show 17 pollutants on file, 11 under a numeric limit, 9 with an effluent exceedance, and the permit's issue date of August 15, 2016 and expiration date of August 31, 2021 as recorded in EPA's permit file. The page is drawn from the EPA permit file as it stood when loaded on September 15, 2026, and it reflects the facility's HUC 030701030301 subwatershed, Little