Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0036838
COLUMBUS WATER WORKS (COLUMBUS CSO), Columbus, GA: NPDES GA0036838 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 14Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
COLUMBUS WATER WORKS (COLUMBUS CSO), held by COLUMBUS WATER WORKS (CSO), holds NPDES permit GA0036838, which discharges to City Columbus/Chattahoochee-Sav Rb. EPA’s file records it issued July 28, 1998 and expiring July 27, 2003. 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 | COLUMBUS WATER WORKS (COLUMBUS CSO) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | COLUMBUS WATER WORKS (CSO) |
| NPDES ID | GA0036838 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | July 28, 1998 |
| Expiration date | July 27, 2003 |
| Issuing agency | GA DNR |
| Address | Columbus, GA 31902 |
| Receiving water | CITY COLUMBUS/CHATTAHOOCHEE-SAV RB |
| Subwatershed | Cool Branch-Chattahoochee River (HUC 031300030905) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 17Pollutants on file
- 14Under a numeric limit
- 17With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform, fecal general | 12 | 419 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 12 | 368 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 12 | 324 | 0 | ||
| pH | 12 | 324 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 12 | 324 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 12 | 324 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 12 | 324 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 12 | 324 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 12 | 324 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 12 | 324 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 12 | 324 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 12 | 324 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 6 | 162 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 6 | 162 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 0 | 88 | 0 | ||
| Duration of discharge | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 22 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES GA0036838.
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 GA0036838.
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 September 15, 2026.