Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0026115

EMERSON, CITY OF (HENRY JORDAN WPCP), Emerson, GA: NPDES GA0026115 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
17Pollutants under a numeric limit
10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

EMERSON, CITY OF (HENRY JORDAN WPCP), held by Emerson, City of, holds NPDES permit GA0026115. EPA’s file records it issued November 23, 2016 and expiring November 30, 2021. 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 filed	EMERSON, CITY OF (HENRY JORDAN WPCP)
Permittee as filed	Emerson, City of
NPDES ID	GA0026115
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	November 23, 2016
Expiration date	November 30, 2021
Address	Emerson, GA 30137
Subwatershed	Upper Euharlee Creek (HUC 031501041404)

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

Effluent limits and exceedances

20Pollutants on file
17Under a numeric limit
20With 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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	4	152	20	May 31, 2026	681% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	110	15	February 28, 2010	139% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal	1	41	7	May 31, 2014	281% over the limit
pH	2	96	6	February 28, 2013
Coliform, fecal general	2	60	6	October 31, 2015	525% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]	4	34	5	September 30, 2018	48% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	8	330	2	October 31, 2011	6,473% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	8	320	2	February 28, 1989	10% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual	3	40	2	October 31, 2020	73% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal	1	13	2	December 31, 2009	179% over the limit
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]	1	52	0
Nitrogen, total [as N]	0	51	0
Nitrogen, nitrate total [as NO3]	0	51	0
Nitrogen, nitrite total [as NO2]	0	51	0
Solids, sludge, total, dry weight	1	28	0
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	26	0
Oil & Grease	1	1	0
Nitrogen, organic total [as N]	1	1	0
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]	1	1	0
Phosphate, ortho [as P]	1	1	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 GA0026115.

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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This public-records page covers NPDES permit GA0026115, held by Emerson, City of for EMERSON, CITY OF (HENRY JORDAN WPCP) in Emerson, GA, a minor discharger whose status is administratively continued. The page lists 20 pollutants on file, 17 under a numeric limit, 20 with a violation of any kind, and 10 with an effluent exceedance.