Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0037583
BLUE RIDGE, CITY OF (BLUE RIDGE WPCP), Blue Ridge, GA: NPDES GA0037583 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 20Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BLUE RIDGE, CITY OF (BLUE RIDGE WPCP), held by Blue Ridge, City of, holds NPDES permit GA0037583. EPA’s file records it issued September 11, 2015 and expiring September 30, 2020. 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 | BLUE RIDGE, CITY OF (BLUE RIDGE WPCP) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Blue Ridge, City of |
| NPDES ID | GA0037583 |
| 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 | September 11, 2015 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2020 |
| Address | Blue Ridge, GA 30513 |
| Subwatershed | Lower Brasstown Creek (HUC 060200020302) |
| 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
- 23Pollutants on file
- 20Under a numeric limit
- 13With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 188 | 24 | 22 | May 31, 2026 | 1,025% over the limit |
| Temp. diff. between up/down stream deg. F | 5 | 16 | 16 | October 31, 2020 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Temperature Increase Deg. F | 0 | 14 | 13 | October 31, 2025 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 36 | 12 | 12 | April 30, 2015 | 230% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 5 | 10 | 9 | July 31, 2025 | 67% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 5 | 1 | 1 | August 31, 2007 | 95% over the limit |
| E. coli, colony forming units [CFU] | 0 | 1 | 1 | July 31, 2025 | 18% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 20 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 40 | 2 | 0 | ||
| pH | 10 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 2 | 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 GA0037583.
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.