Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0024546
MACON WATER AUTHORITY (ROCKY CREEK WRF), Macon, GA: NPDES GA0024546 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 18Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MACON WATER AUTHORITY (ROCKY CREEK WRF), held by Macon Water Authority, holds NPDES permit GA0024546. EPA’s file records it issued February 13, 2018 and expiring February 28, 2023. 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 | MACON WATER AUTHORITY (ROCKY CREEK WRF) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Macon Water Authority |
| NPDES ID | GA0024546 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | February 13, 2018 |
| Expiration date | February 28, 2023 |
| Address | Macon, GA 31206 |
| Subwatershed | Cole Creek-Tobesofkee Creek (HUC 030701031401) |
| Program components on file | Biosolids, 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
- 18Pollutants on file
- 18Under a numeric limit
- 10With 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, total suspended | 8 | 67 | 67 | April 30, 2025 | 421% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 57 | 57 | December 31, 2022 | 72,001% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 33 | 33 | March 31, 2024 | 22% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 16 | 27 | 27 | July 31, 2026 | 380% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 8 | 26 | 26 | March 31, 2024 | 20,168% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 24 | 24 | May 31, 2025 | 260% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 8 | 7 | June 30, 1997 | |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 5 | 5 | May 31, 2025 | 129% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 2 | 2 | November 30, 1995 | 14% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 1 | 1 | April 30, 2024 | 21% over the limit |
| 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 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho [as P] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 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 GA0024546.
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.