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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0026182

POLK COUNTY WATER, SEWAGE, & SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY (ARAGON WPCP), Aragon, GA: NPDES GA0026182 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

POLK COUNTY WATER, SEWAGE, & SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY (ARAGON WPCP), held by Polk County Water, Sewage & Solid Waste Authority, holds NPDES permit GA0026182. EPA’s file records it issued October 15, 2014 and expiring October 31, 2019. 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 filedPOLK COUNTY WATER, SEWAGE, & SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY (ARAGON WPCP)
Permittee as filedPolk County Water, Sewage & Solid Waste Authority
NPDES IDGA0026182
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedOctober 15, 2014
Expiration dateOctober 31, 2019
AddressAragon, GA 30104
SubwatershedUpper Euharlee Creek (HUC 031501041404)
NAICS221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC4952 – 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

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C83778March 31, 1998648% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2975September 30, 199811,329% over the limit
Solids, total suspended83734December 31, 1993458% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general2984May 31, 2002250% over the limit
pH2943April 30, 1995
BOD, 5-day, percent removal1513January 31, 201333% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal1513June 30, 201353% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]4520
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1390
Solids, sludge, total, dry weight1350
Chlorine, total residual6330
Phosphorus, total [as P]2170

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES GA0026182.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES GA0026182.

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

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES GA0026182.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES GA0026182, held by Polk County Water, Sewage & Solid Waste Authority for the Aragon WPCP in Aragon, GA, with the permit listed as administratively continued and a minor discharger class. The page lists 12 pollutants under a numeric limit and 7 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.