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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0021725

ATHENS-CLARKE COUNTY (NORTH OCONEE WPCP), Athens, GA: NPDES GA0021725 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ATHENS-CLARKE COUNTY (NORTH OCONEE WPCP), held by Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County, holds NPDES permit GA0021725. EPA’s file records it issued November 15, 2018 and expiring November 30, 2023. 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 filedATHENS-CLARKE COUNTY (NORTH OCONEE WPCP)
Permittee as filedUnified Government of Athens-Clarke County
NPDES IDGA0021725
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedNovember 15, 2018
Expiration dateNovember 30, 2023
AddressAthens, GA 30605
SubwatershedMillstone Creek-Broad River (HUC 030601040602)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]4185185February 29, 2024146% over the limit
Solids, total suspended86060February 28, 2026180% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C84545June 30, 2011145% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]499February 28, 2026156% over the limit
pH277August 31, 2011
NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia163June 30, 200573% over the limit
Copper, total recoverable043October 31, 201157% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal133May 31, 201147% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant422September 30, 200611% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual022July 31, 200890% over the limit
Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales141June 30, 200441% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]111July 31, 20076% over the limit
Stream flow, instantaneous020
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]020
Solids, suspended percent removal110
Mercury, total recoverable010
Coliform, fecal general200
Nitrogen, organic total [as N]100
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]100
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]100
Phosphate, ortho [as P]100
Solids, sludge, total, dry weight100

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
November 2, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
September 30, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
September 24, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
August 31, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
August 29, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
August 14, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
June 25, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
June 24, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
June 3, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
June 1, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
May 25, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
May 13, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
May 5, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
April 28, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
April 17, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
April 1, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
March 2, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
February 27, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
February 26, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
February 12, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
January 18, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES GA0021725.

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
June 29, 2026Notice of Noncompliance IssuedState
May 22, 2026Notice of Noncompliance IssuedState

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit GA0021725 for ATHENS-CLARKE COUNTY (NORTH OCONEE WPCP) in Athens, GA, held by the Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County, with the permit listed as administratively continued and a Major discharger class. The page lists 22 pollutants on file, 17 of them under a numeric limit, and 12 with an effluent exceedance, within the Millstone Creek-Broad River subwatershed (HUC 030601040602).