Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0031992
COLUMBIA COUNTY WATER UTILITY (REED CREEK WPCP), Martinez, GA: NPDES GA0031992 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 21Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
COLUMBIA COUNTY WATER UTILITY (REED CREEK WPCP), held by Columbia County Water Utility, holds NPDES permit GA0031992. EPA’s file records it issued July 13, 2017 and expiring July 31, 2022. 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 | COLUMBIA COUNTY WATER UTILITY (REED CREEK WPCP) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Columbia County Water Utility |
| NPDES ID | GA0031992 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | July 13, 2017 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2022 |
| Address | Martinez, GA 30907 |
| Subwatershed | Mountain Creek-Turkey Creek (HUC 030601070204) |
| Program components on file | 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
- 21Pollutants on file
- 21Under a numeric limit
- 5With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 20 | 20 | April 30, 2023 | 30% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 4 | 6 | 6 | April 30, 2023 | 231% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 3 | 3 | October 31, 2024 | 170% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 8 | 1 | 1 | October 31, 2024 | 5% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 5 | 1 | 1 | October 31, 2024 | 460% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Conductivity | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho [as P] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 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 GA0031992.
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.