Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0034002

WHITFIELD COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION (DAWNVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WPCP), Dalton, GA: NPDES GA0034002 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
8Pollutants under a numeric limit
6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

WHITFIELD COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION (DAWNVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WPCP), held by Whitfield County Board of Education, holds NPDES permit GA0034002. EPA’s file records it issued June 11, 2014 and expiring June 30, 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 filed	WHITFIELD COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION (DAWNVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WPCP)
Permittee as filed	Whitfield County Board of Education
NPDES ID	GA0034002
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	June 11, 2014
Expiration date	June 30, 2019
Address	Dalton, GA 30722
Subwatershed	Moody Branch-Conasauga River (HUC 031501010211)
NAICS	221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC	8211 – Elementary And Secondary Schools

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

9Pollutants on file
8Under a numeric limit
9With a violation of any kind
6With 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
Chlorine, total residual	5	83	62	August 31, 2018	18,082% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	2	44	2	March 31, 2024	101% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	44	2	April 30, 2008	16,567% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]	0	2	2	April 30, 2024	22% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general	2	45	1	November 30, 2011	95% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	2	43	1	May 31, 2008	153% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	2	42	0
pH	2	42	0
Solids, sludge, total, dry weight	1	21	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 GA0034002.

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 Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES GA0034002, held by the Whitfield County Board of Education for the Dawnville Elementary School WPCP in Dalton, GA, and lists its status as administratively continued. The page reports 8 for discharger class and 6 pollutants under a numeric limit, with 6 pollutants showing an effluent exceedance. The facility is drawn from the Moody Branch-Conasauga River subwatershed, HUC 031501010211.