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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0031101

WASHINGTON, CITY OF (ROCKY CREEK WPCP), Washington, GA: NPDES GA0031101 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

WASHINGTON, CITY OF (ROCKY CREEK WPCP), held by City of Washington, holds NPDES permit GA0031101. EPA’s file records it issued July 20, 2021 and expiring July 31, 2026. 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 filedWASHINGTON, CITY OF (ROCKY CREEK WPCP)
Permittee as filedCity of Washington
NPDES IDGA0031101
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedJuly 20, 2021
Expiration dateJuly 31, 2026
AddressWashington, GA 30673
SubwatershedMillstone Creek-Broad River (HUC 030601040602)
Program components on filePOTW, Pretreatment
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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]162424December 31, 202099,999% over the limit
Solids, total suspended82424August 31, 1994433% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general21717October 31, 199399,999% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant21515August 31, 199452% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal11212December 31, 2020109% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual155September 30, 201110,900% over the limit
pH664January 31, 2010
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]364June 30, 201230% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C1633November 30, 199249% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]011December 31, 200233% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous, percent removal011March 31, 201099,999% over the limit
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit400
Nitrogen, organic total [as N]100
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]100
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]100
Phosphorus, total [as P]100
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]100
Copper, total recoverable100
Phosphate, ortho [as P]100
Solids, sludge, total, dry weight100
BOD, 5-day, percent removal100
NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia100
Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales100

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 GA0031101.

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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What this page shows

This page covers NPDES permit GA0031101, held by City of Washington for the Washington, City of (Rocky Creek WPCP) facility in Washington, GA, with a status of Effective, an issue date of July 20, 2021, and an expiration date of July 31, 2026. The register lists 21 for the discharger class, 11 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 11 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.