Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0023175
BUFORD, CITY OF (WESTSIDE WPCP), Buford, GA: NPDES GA0023175 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 15Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BUFORD, CITY OF (WESTSIDE WPCP), held by Buford, City of, holds NPDES permit GA0023175. EPA’s file records it issued December 22, 2013 and expiring December 31, 2018. 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 | BUFORD, CITY OF (WESTSIDE WPCP) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Buford, City of |
| NPDES ID | GA0023175 |
| 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 | December 22, 2013 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2018 |
| Address | Buford, GA 30518 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Little Suwanee Creek-Yellow River (HUC 030701030301) |
| Program components on file | POTW, Pretreatment |
| 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
- 16Pollutants 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 63 | 27 | September 30, 2013 | 567% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 8 | 279 | 12 | April 30, 2011 | 462% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 82 | 12 | January 31, 2010 | 64,416% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 272 | 8 | April 30, 2011 | 392% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 41 | 8 | September 30, 1999 | 100% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 139 | 7 | October 31, 2013 | 60% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 72 | 6 | July 31, 2025 | |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 40 | 4 | August 31, 1998 | 567% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 75 | 2 | January 31, 2010 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 0 | 2 | 2 | September 30, 1993 | 50% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 4 | 51 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 2 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 1 | 17 | 0 | ||
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 1 | 3 | 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 GA0023175.
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 October 14, 2026.