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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0020770

SPRINGFIELD, CITY OF (SPRINGFIELD WPCP), Rincon, GA: NPDES GA0020770 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SPRINGFIELD, CITY OF (SPRINGFIELD WPCP), held by Springfield, City of, holds NPDES permit GA0020770. EPA’s file records it issued July 20, 2017 and expiring July 31, 2022.

Identity

Facility as filedSPRINGFIELD, CITY OF (SPRINGFIELD WPCP)
Permittee as filedSpringfield, City of
NPDES IDGA0020770
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedJuly 20, 2017
Expiration dateJuly 31, 2022
AddressRincon, GA 31329
SubwatershedWilmington River (HUC 030602040101)

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Chlorine, total residual6106September 30, 20206,950% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant7722January 31, 20103% over the limit
pH221861July 31, 2016
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]871February 28, 201915% over the limit
Solids, total suspended141360
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C01280
Nitrogen, total [as N]1310
Coliform, fecal general12280
Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N]8260
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]2250
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]1480
NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia230
Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales230
Stream flow, instantaneous110
Nitrogen, organic total [as N]110
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]110
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]110
Phosphorus, total [as P]110
Phosphate, ortho [as P]110
Solids, sludge, total, dry weight110
BOD, carbonaceous, percent removal110
Solids, suspended percent removal110
Conductivity1600
Depth to water level ft below landsurface1400
Water Elevation800
Spray irrigation, application rate300
Turbidity100
Rainfall100

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES GA0020770.

Inspections

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
June 29, 2026EvaluationS

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES GA0020770.

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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit GA0020770, held by Springfield, City of for SPRINGFIELD, CITY OF (SPRINGFIELD WPCP) in Rincon, GA, a publicly owned treatment works in the Wilmington River subwatershed (HUC 030602040101). The permit is administratively continued, with 27 Minor Discharger class pollutants under a numeric limit and 4 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, out of 28 pollutants on file.