CAIRO, CITY OF (CAIRO WPCP), Cairo, GA: NPDES GA0025771 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CAIRO, CITY OF (CAIRO WPCP), Cairo, Georgia: Individual permit GA0025771, held by Cairo, City of; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued; issued September 18, 2015, term to September 30, 2020; Sewage Treatment Facilities.

10 of the 20 pollutants listed for NPDES GA0025771 have no violation or effluent exceedance.

• Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 21 violations of any kind, 21 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2021, largest 45% over the limit.
• Phosphorus, total [as P]: 4 limits, 14 violations of any kind, 14 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2026, largest 108% over the limit.
• Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 8 limits, 13 violations of any kind, 13 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2026, largest 1,940% over the limit.
• Solids, total suspended: 8 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest February 28, 2021, largest 24% over the limit.
• pH: 4 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest September 30, 2019.
• BOD, 5-day, percent removal: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest February 28, 2021, largest 13% over the limit.
• NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind.
• Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind.
• Hardness, total [as CaCO3]: 0 limits, 1 violation of any kind.
• Chloride: 0 limits, 1 violation of any kind.
• BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 12 limits.
• Mercury, total recoverable: 4 limits.
• Nitrogen, organic total [as N]: 2 limits.
• Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]: 2 limits.
• Phosphorus, ortho: 2 limits.
• Nitrite Plus Nitrate Total: 2 limits.
• Coliform, fecal general: 2 limits.
• Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 1 limit.
• Solids, sludge, total, dry weight: 1 limit.
• Solids, suspended percent removal: 1 limit.

• October 23, 2026: Notice of Noncompliance Issued (State).
• June 30, 2026: WW SSO - Discharge to Waters (ST6).
• May 28, 2026: WW SSO - Discharge to Waters (ST6).

Georgia holds 458 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 220 were issued before GA0025771.

Coverages issued nearest GA0025771

• 2015-08-27: TIGNALL, TOWN OF (TIGNALL WPCP), Tignall: GA0046141, held by Tignall, Town of
• 2015-08-28: COMER, CITY OF (COMER WPCP), Comer: GA0021598, held by Comer, City of
• 2015-08-31: GLENNVILLE, CITY OF (GLENNVILLE WPCP), Glennville: GA0037982, held by Glennville, City of
• 2015-09-11: BLUE RIDGE, CITY OF (BLUE RIDGE WPCP), Blue Ridge: GA0037583, held by Blue Ridge, City of
• 2015-09-16: BARROW COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS (TANNERS BRIDGE WPCP), Bethlehem: GA0039314, held by Barrow County Board of Commissioners
• 2015-09-18: DARIEN, CITY OF (DARIEN WPCP), Darien: GA0033529, held by Darien, City of
• 2015-09-24: WOODSTOCK, CITY OF (RUBES CREEK WPCP), Woodstock: GA0026263, held by Woodstock, City of
• 2015-10-19: NEWNAN UTILITIES (MINERAL SPRINGS WPCP - NPDES), Newnan: GA0021423, held by Newnan Utilities
• 2015-10-19: DOUGLASVILLE-DOUGLAS COUNTY WATER & SEWERAGE AUTHORITY (SWEETWATER CREEK WPCP), Douglasville: GA0047201, held by Douglasville-Douglas County Water & Sewer Authority
• 2015-10-26: COMMERCE, CITY OF (DAVIS HOUSE WPCP), Commerce: GA0032646, held by Commerce, City of

CAIRO, CITY OF (CAIRO WPCP) among its neighbors

43 discharge permits are in the Lower Little Ochlockonee Creek subwatershed (HUC 031200020405); GA0025771 is one. Its county: 5, 1 major; GA0025771 is major permit.

Other permits in the Lower Little Ochlockonee Creek subwatershed (HUC 031200020405)

• ACTIVE MINERALS INTERNATIONAL, LLC (NEW AMSTERDAM MINE), Climax: GAG300052, minor, term to 2021-07-31
• BASF CORPORATION (ATTAPULGUS), Attapulgus: GA0001678, major, term to 2006-09-30
• BOSTON, CITY OF (BOSTON WPCP), Boston: GA0033715, minor, term to 2021-12-31
• CAMILLA, CITY OF (CAMILLA WPCP), Camilla: GAJ020088, minor, term to 2023-07-31
• CITY OF THOMASVILLE, Thomasville: GAR254519, minor, term to 2028-07-31
• CLARIANT ? COMPLEX E, Attapulgus: GAIS14511, minor, term to 2027-05-31
• CLARIANT (COMPLEX E MINE), Attapulgus: GAG300064, minor, term to 2021-07-31
• COLQUITT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, Moultrie: GAR18C23B, minor, term to 2028-07-31
• CONCRETE ENTERPRISES - MOULTRIE, Moultrie: GAIS14778, minor, term to 2027-05-31
• COOLIDGE, CITY OF (COOLIDGE WPCP), Coolidge: GAJ020145, minor, term to 2019-09-30