Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0020982
TALLAPOOSA, CITY OF (TALLAPOOSA WPCP), Tallapoosa, GA: NPDES GA0020982 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 18Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TALLAPOOSA, CITY OF (TALLAPOOSA WPCP), held by Tallapoosa, City of, holds NPDES permit GA0020982. EPA’s file records it issued May 31, 2016 and expiring June 30, 2021. 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 | TALLAPOOSA, CITY OF (TALLAPOOSA WPCP) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Tallapoosa, City of |
| NPDES ID | GA0020982 |
| 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 | May 31, 2016 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2021 |
| Address | Tallapoosa, GA 30176 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Upper Euharlee Creek (HUC 031501041404) |
| Program components on file | 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
- 18Pollutants on file
- 18Under a numeric limit
- 13With a violation of any kind
- 10With 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, suspended percent removal | 4 | 36 | 36 | January 31, 2023 | 567% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 32 | 16 | 16 | December 31, 2015 | 215% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 4 | 11 | 11 | November 30, 2022 | 567% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 8 | 8 | 8 | December 31, 2015 | 49,740% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 4 | 8 | 8 | November 30, 2018 | 26% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 16 | 4 | 4 | April 30, 2013 | 70% over the limit |
| pH | 8 | 4 | 3 | August 31, 2022 | |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 32 | 3 | 3 | December 31, 2015 | 120% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 8 | 6 | 2 | February 28, 2013 | 42% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 2008 | 300% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, organic total [as N] | 4 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, ortho | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 4 | 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 GA0020982.
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.