Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0021491
ROYSTON, CITY OF (ROYSTON WPCP), Royston, GA: NPDES GA0021491 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 20Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ROYSTON, CITY OF (ROYSTON WPCP), held by Royston, City of, holds NPDES permit GA0021491. EPA’s file records it issued September 12, 2017 and expiring September 30, 2022. 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 | ROYSTON, CITY OF (ROYSTON WPCP) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Royston, City of |
| NPDES ID | GA0021491 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 12, 2017 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2022 |
| Address | Royston, GA 30662 |
| Subwatershed | Millstone Creek-Broad River (HUC 030601040602) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 20Pollutants on file
- 20Under 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 8 | 495 | 71 | December 31, 2019 | 444% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 128 | 52 | December 31, 2023 | 1,164% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 35 | 17 | December 31, 2019 | 240% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 125 | 14 | January 31, 2023 | 47% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 3 | 13 | 13 | August 31, 2022 | 1,100% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 22 | 4 | August 31, 2019 | 60% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 430 | 3 | May 31, 1998 | 26% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 55 | 2 | June 30, 2016 | 36% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 109 | 1 | April 30, 1994 | |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 126 | 0 | ||
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 1 | 55 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 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 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho [as P] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 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 GA0021491.
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 September 15, 2026.