Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0021539
RICHLAND, CITY OF (RICHLAND WPCP), Richland, GA: NPDES GA0021539 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 15Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
RICHLAND, CITY OF (RICHLAND WPCP), held by Richland, City of, holds NPDES permit GA0021539. EPA’s file records it issued April 11, 2019 and expiring April 30, 2024. 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 | RICHLAND, CITY OF (RICHLAND WPCP) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Richland, City of |
| NPDES ID | GA0021539 |
| 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 | April 11, 2019 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2024 |
| Address | Richland, GA 31825 |
| Subwatershed | Cool Branch-Chattahoochee River (HUC 031300030905) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 17Pollutants on file
- 15Under a numeric limit
- 16With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 71 | 43 | February 29, 2024 | 137% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 40 | 31 | April 30, 2026 | 433% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 115 | 29 | January 31, 2021 | 44% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 0 | 31 | 22 | March 31, 2016 | 493% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 63 | 21 | August 31, 2024 | 669% over the limit |
| E. coli | 0 | 16 | 16 | July 31, 2026 | 276% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 24 | 10 | January 31, 2025 | |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 8 | 100 | 9 | February 28, 2025 | 41% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 34 | 9 | February 28, 2018 | 33% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 11 | 4 | June 30, 2025 | 20% over the limit |
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, organic total [as N] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho [as P] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 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 GA0021539.
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.