Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0038831

FULTON COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT (JOHNS CREEK ENVIRONMENTAL CAMPUS WRF), Alpharetta, GA: NPDES GA0038831 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MajorDischarger class
20Pollutants under a numeric limit
1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
1Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

FULTON COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT (JOHNS CREEK ENVIRONMENTAL CAMPUS WRF), held by Fulton County, holds NPDES permit GA0038831. EPA’s file records it issued August 24, 2017 and expiring August 31, 2022.

FULTON COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT (JOHNS CREEK ENVIRONMENTAL CAMPUS WRF), Alpharetta, Georgia: Individual permit GA0038831, held by Fulton County; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued August 24, 2017, term to August 31, 2022; Sewage Treatment Facilities.

E. coli: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest October 31, 2025, largest 1,393% over the limit.
Solids, total suspended: 10 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 10 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
pH: 4 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 4 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Coliform, fecal general: 4 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Turbidity: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit: 9 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Phosphorus, total [as P]: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, organic total [as N]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Phosphate, ortho [as P]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, sludge, total, dry weight: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
BOD, carbonaceous, percent removal: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, suspended percent removal: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

September 18, 2026: Evaluation (S).

Georgia holds 458 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 314 were issued before GA0038831. Fulton County holds 5 permits in Georgia.

Other permits held by Fulton County

FULTON COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS (BIG CREEK WRF), Roswell: GA0024333, issued May 1, 2012
FULTON COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT (LITTLE RIVER WRF), Woodstock: GA0033251, issued September 12, 2017
FULTON COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT (LITTLE BEAR CREEK WRF), Chattahoochee Hills: GA0047104, issued November 15, 2017
METROPOLITAN LIBRARY, Atlanta: GAR148758, issued September 23, 2013

Coverages issued nearest GA0038831

July 13, 2017: LEE COUNTY UTILITIES AUTHORITY (KINCHAFOONEE CREEK WPCP), Leesburg, GA0026603, held by Lee County Utilities Authority (LCUA)
July 13, 2017: COLUMBIA COUNTY WATER UTILITY (CRAWFORD CREEK WPCP), Grovetown, GA0031984, held by Columbia County Water Utility
July 13, 2017: COLUMBIA COUNTY WATER UTILITY (REED CREEK WPCP), Martinez, GA0031992, held by Columbia County Water Utility
July 20, 2017: SPRINGFIELD, CITY OF (SPRINGFIELD WPCP), Rincon, GA0020770, held by Springfield, City of
August 14, 2017: ASHBURN, CITY OF (AIRPORT WPCP), Ashburn, GA0025852, held by Ashburn, City of
August 24, 2017: LUMBER CITY, CITY OF (LUMBER CITY WPCP), Lumber City, GA0050199, held by Lumber City
August 25, 2017: SUMMERVILLE, CITY OF (SUMMERVILLE WPCP), Summerville, GA0025704, held by Summerville, City of
September 1, 2017: BARTOW COUNTY WATER DEPARTMENT (TWO RUN CREEK WPCP), Cartersville, GA0020702, held by Bartow County Water and Sewer Department
September 1, 2017: DUBLIN, CITY OF (DUBLIN WPCP), Dublin, GA0025569, held by Dublin, City of
September 12, 2017: ROYSTON, CITY OF (ROYSTON WPCP), Royston, GA0021491, held by Royston, City of

FULTON COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT (JOHNS CREEK ENVIRONMENTAL CAMPUS WRF) among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 639 discharge permits in the Little Suwanee Creek-Yellow River subwatershed (HUC 030701030301), GA0038831 among them.

Other permits in the Little Suwanee Creek-Yellow River subwatershed (HUC 030701030301)

1 CABIN DRIVE DEVELOPMENT, Conley: GAR18C1C4, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
1001 MOSELEY ROAD - TRACT 3, Stockbridge: GAR397746, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
1009 MOSELEY ROAD - TRACT 1, Stockbridge: GAR397744, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
1303 LITHONIA INDUSTRIAL BLVD, Lithonia: GAR18C262, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
1420 AZALEA DRIVE, LOT 3, Lawrenceville: GAR18BD88, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
14300 HOPEWELL ROAD, Alpharetta: GAR18C2EF, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
1540 SIKES ROAD, Statham: GAR3976AC, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
1632 HOWELL BRIDGE RD, Ball Ground: GAR18C252, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
1861 BLACK BEAR TRAIL, Big Canoe: GAR18C26E, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
2178 NE HILLWOOD DR LOT 694-697, Conyers: GAR3976C5, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028

Identity

Facility as filed	FULTON COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT (JOHNS CREEK ENVIRONMENTAL CAMPUS WRF)
Permittee as filed	Fulton County
NPDES ID	GA0038831
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	August 24, 2017
Expiration date	August 31, 2022
Address	Alpharetta, GA 30303
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Little Suwanee Creek-Yellow River (HUC 030701030301)
Program components on file	POTW, Pretreatment
NAICS	221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC	4952 – Sewerage Systems

Effluent limits and exceedances

20Pollutants on file
20Under a numeric limit
9With a violation of any kind
1With 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
E. coli	2	2	2	October 31, 2025	1,393% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	10	2	0
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	10	2	0
pH	4	2	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	4	2	0
Coliform, fecal general	4	2	0
Turbidity	1	1	0
NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia	1	1	0
Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales	1	1	0
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit	9	0	0
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	4	0	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	4	0	0
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	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
Phosphate, ortho [as P]	1	0	0
Solids, sludge, total, dry weight	1	0	0
BOD, carbonaceous, percent removal	1	0	0
Solids, suspended percent removal	1	0	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES GA0038831.

Inspections

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
September 18, 2026	Evaluation	S

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES GA0038831.

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES GA0038831 for Fulton County Public Works Department (Johns Creek Environmental Campus WRF) in Alpharetta, GA, listed as an administratively continued major discharger with an issued date of August 24, 2017 and an expiration date of August 31, 2022. The page lists 20 pollutants under a numeric limit and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance, within the Little Suwanee Creek-Yellow River subwatershed (HUC 030701030301).