Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0038890

PAULDING COUNTY WATER SYSTEM (UPPER SWEETWATER WRF), Villa Rica, GA: NPDES GA0038890 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
9Pollutants under a numeric limit
2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

PAULDING COUNTY WATER SYSTEM (UPPER SWEETWATER WRF), held by Paulding County Water System, holds NPDES permit GA0038890. EPA’s file records it issued May 16, 2013 and expiring May 31, 2018.

PAULDING COUNTY WATER SYSTEM (UPPER SWEETWATER WRF), Villa Rica, Georgia: Individual permit GA0038890, held by Paulding County Water System; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued May 16, 2013, term to May 31, 2018.

Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 67 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2014, largest 15,337,568% over the limit.
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 2 limits, 94 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest February 29, 2020, largest 13% over the limit.
pH: 2 limits, 92 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 92 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, sludge, total, dry weight: 1 limit, 88 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, suspended percent removal: 2 limits, 79 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
BOD, 5-day, percent removal: 2 limits, 60 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Turbidity: 2 limits, 46 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Coliform, fecal general: 1 limit, 46 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Georgia holds 458 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 137 were issued before GA0038890. Paulding County Water System holds 5 permits in Georgia.

Other permits held by Paulding County Water System

MACLAND ROAD WATER TANKS PHASE II: GAR151110, issued September 23, 2013
MACLAND ROAD TANK SIGHT: GAR247716, issued September 23, 2013
PAULDING COUNTY SR 61 AT NEBO ROAD INTERSECTION WATER RELOCATION, Dallas: GAR247967, issued September 23, 2013
SR 92 SOUTH WATER MAIN RELOCATION - GOTHARD'S CREEK TO NEBO ROAD, Hiram: GAR2488FA, issued September 24, 2013

Coverages issued nearest GA0038890

January 17, 2013: FULTON COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS (CAMP CREEK WPCP), Atlanta, GA0025381, held by Fulton County Department of Public Works
January 29, 2013: PINE MOUNTAIN, TOWN OF (PINE MOUNTAIN WPCP), Pine Mountain, GA0025691, held by Pine Mountain, Town of
April 18, 2013: HAMPTON, CITY OF (BEAR CREEK WPCP), Hampton, GA0020320, held by City of Hampton
April 18, 2013: VILLA RICA, CITY OF (NORTH SWEETWATER WPCP), Villa Rica, GA0027171, held by City of Villa Rica
May 15, 2013: ADEL, CITY OF (ADEL WPCP), Adel, GA0024911, held by City of Adel
May 24, 2013: TRENTON, CITY OF (TRENTON WPCP), Trenton, GA0026221, held by City of Trenton
June 14, 2013: DOUGLASVILLE-DOUGLAS COUNTY WATER & SEWER AUTHORITY (REBEL TRAILS WPCP), Douglasville, GA0049786, held by Douglasville - Douglas County Water and Sewer Authority
June 26, 2013: CONCORD, CITY OF (NORTH WPCP), Concord, GA0025461, held by Concord, City of
June 26, 2013: CONCORD, CITY OF (SOUTH WPCP), Concord, GA0025470, held by Concord, City of
July 5, 2013: SOCIAL CIRCLE, CITY OF (LITTLE RIVER WPCP), Social Circle, GA0026107, held by Social Circle, City of

PAULDING COUNTY WATER SYSTEM (UPPER SWEETWATER WRF) among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 104 discharge permits in the Upper Sweetwater Creek subwatershed (HUC 031300020201), GA0038890 among them. Its county holds 20, 2 of them major permits; GA0038890 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Upper Sweetwater Creek subwatershed (HUC 031300020201)

10-1541 DOUGLASVILLE, GA, Douglasville: GAR18BEC0, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
22 BEAVER POINTE, Villa Rica: GAR18BE43, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
26 BEAVER POINTE, Villa Rica: GAR18BE41, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
38 BEAVER POINTE, Villa Rica: GAR18BE3F, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
402 MANCHESTER LANE, Villa Rica: GAR396DF6, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
7500 GILLEBPI PLACE LOT 1&2, Douglasville: GAR381993, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2018
82 WILEY DRIVE, Douglasville: GAR18BD15, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
96 BEAVER POINTE, Villa Rica: GAR18BE3E, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
AMIDON ESTATES LOT 15, Villa Rica: GAR396640, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
ASHBROOK VILLAGE SENIOR LIVING ADDITION, Villa Rica: GAR149663, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2018

Identity

Facility as filed	PAULDING COUNTY WATER SYSTEM (UPPER SWEETWATER WRF)
Permittee as filed	Paulding County Water System
NPDES ID	GA0038890
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	May 16, 2013
Expiration date	May 31, 2018
Address	Villa Rica, GA 30180
Subwatershed	Upper Sweetwater Creek (HUC 031300020201)

Effluent limits and exceedances

9Pollutants on file
9Under a numeric limit
9With a violation of any kind
2With 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	67	3	July 31, 2014	15,337,568% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	2	94	2	February 29, 2020	13% over the limit
pH	2	92	0
Solids, total suspended	2	92	0
Solids, sludge, total, dry weight	1	88	0
Solids, suspended percent removal	2	79	0
BOD, 5-day, percent removal	2	60	0
Turbidity	2	46	0
Coliform, fecal general	1	46	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES GA0038890.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES GA0038890.

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 GA0038890.

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This public-records page covers NPDES permit GA0038890 for Paulding County Water System (Upper Sweetwater WRF) in Villa Rica, GA, an administratively continued publicly owned treatment works permit issued May 16, 2013 and expiring May 31, 2018. The page lists 9 pollutants on file, 9 under a numeric limit, and 9 with a violation, within the Upper Sweetwater Creek subwatershed (HUC 031300020201).