Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0021857

WRENS, CITY OF (WRENS WPCP), Wrens, GA: NPDES GA0021857 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MajorDischarger class
21Pollutants under a numeric limit
9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
2Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

WRENS, CITY OF (WRENS WPCP), held by Wrens, City of, holds NPDES permit GA0021857. EPA’s file records it issued February 7, 2019 and expiring February 29, 2024. 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	WRENS, CITY OF (WRENS WPCP)
Permittee as filed	Wrens, City of
NPDES ID	GA0021857
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Major discharger
Facility type	Publicly owned treatment works
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	February 7, 2019
Expiration date	February 29, 2024
Address	Wrens, GA 30833
Subwatershed	Rosemary Creek (HUC 030602010607)
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

21Pollutants on file
21Under a numeric limit
19With 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
Solids, suspended percent removal	1	21	17	May 31, 2024	380% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	4	26	16	February 28, 2023	525% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	18	12	February 28, 2021	123% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	8	33	10	June 30, 2026	720% over the limit
Copper, total recoverable	1	15	8	June 30, 2026	142% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general	2	9	3	March 31, 2018	118% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	8	22	2	December 31, 2014	39% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal	1	5	2	July 31, 2015	4% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	4	2	July 31, 2019	6% over the limit
Solids, sludge, total, dry weight	1	7	0
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]	1	4	0
Phosphate, ortho [as P]	1	4	0
pH	2	2	0
Nitrogen, organic total [as N]	1	2	0
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]	1	2	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	1	2	0
Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP]	1	1	0
NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia	1	1	0
Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales	1	1	0
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]	1	0	0
Zinc, total recoverable	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 GA0021857.

Inspections

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
June 3, 2026	Evaluation	S
June 3, 2026	Evaluation	S

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

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
August 7, 2026	Notice of Noncompliance Issued	State

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 GA0021857 for WRENS, CITY OF (WRENS WPCP) in Wrens, GA, which is listed as Effective and as a Major discharger. The permit's listed figures are 21 pollutants on file, 21 under a numeric limit, 19 with a violation of any kind, and 9 with an effluent exceedance.