Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0021296

LAKELAND, CITY OF (LAKELAND WPCP), Lakeland, GA: NPDES GA0021296 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
16Pollutants under a numeric limit
9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

LAKELAND, CITY OF (LAKELAND WPCP), held by Lakeland, City of, holds NPDES permit GA0021296. EPA’s file records it issued July 13, 2017 and expiring July 31, 2022. 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	LAKELAND, CITY OF (LAKELAND WPCP)
Permittee as filed	Lakeland, City of
NPDES ID	GA0021296
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Publicly owned treatment works
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	July 13, 2017
Expiration date	July 31, 2022
Address	Lakeland, GA 31635
Subwatershed	Dixon Mill Creek-Alapaha River (HUC 031102021201)
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

17Pollutants 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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	8	266	54	July 31, 2026	144% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general	2	127	21	November 30, 2020	5,900% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal	1	50	7	June 30, 2026	52% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	8	488	4	September 30, 2012	71% over the limit
pH	2	113	4	April 30, 2009
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	110	4	January 31, 2016	40% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	58	4	July 31, 2025	61% over the limit
E. coli	0	3	3	May 31, 2026	99,999% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	12	484	2	September 30, 2012	68% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal	1	53	0
Solids, sludge, total, dry weight	2	42	0
Chlorine, total residual	1	5	0
Nitrogen, organic total [as N]	2	0	0
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]	2	0	0
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]	2	0	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	2	0	0
Phosphate, ortho [as P]	2	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 GA0021296.

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 discharge permit NPDES GA0021296, held by Lakeland, City of for the LAKELAND, CITY OF (LAKELAND WPCP) publicly owned treatment works in Lakeland, GA, with the permit listed as administratively continued. The page lists 16 as the discharger class, 9 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 17 effluent limits and exceedances, within the Dixon Mill Creek-Alapaha River subwatershed (HUC 031102021201).