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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0039012

ATLANTA, CITY OF (R.M. CLAYTON, UTOY CREEK & SOUTH RIVER WRCS), Atlanta, GA: NPDES GA0039012 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ATLANTA, CITY OF (R.M. CLAYTON, UTOY CREEK & SOUTH RIVER WRCS), held by City of Atlanta, holds NPDES permit GA0039012. EPA’s file records it issued June 7, 2017 and expiring June 30, 2022. 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 filedATLANTA, CITY OF (R.M. CLAYTON, UTOY CREEK & SOUTH RIVER WRCS)
Permittee as filedCity of Atlanta
NPDES IDGA0039012
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedJune 7, 2017
Expiration dateJune 30, 2022
AddressAtlanta, GA 30303
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedLittle Suwanee Creek-Yellow River (HUC 030701030301)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler GAD984301929; ICIS-AIR source GA0000001312100268

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Phosphorus, total [as P]56248248March 31, 20261,297% over the limit
Solids, total suspended96164164March 31, 20262,988% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]80153153May 31, 20261,357% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general243434July 31, 202314,900% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]123131January 31, 2026100% over the limit
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]483030January 31, 2026839% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]1281616March 31, 20242,262% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal121111May 31, 2025256% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual077November 30, 20241,750% over the limit
E. coli066March 31, 20241,840% over the limit
pH2433March 31, 2026
Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD]032February 29, 201626% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant4822February 29, 20203% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous, percent removal1211May 31, 202420% over the limit
NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia1250
Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales1250
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit10800
Nitrogen, organic total [as N]3600
Phosphate, ortho [as P]2800
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]1200
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]1200
Solids, sludge, total, dry weight1200

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

The newest 50 of 109.

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
November 2, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
October 29, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
October 27, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
October 24, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
October 23, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
October 22, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
October 21, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
October 20, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
October 19, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
October 18, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
October 15, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
October 12, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
October 7, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
October 6, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
October 2, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
September 27, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
September 26, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
September 22, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
September 20, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
September 17, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
September 16, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
September 4, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
September 2, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
September 1, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
August 31, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
August 26, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
August 23, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
August 22, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
August 21, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
August 19, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
August 17, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
August 14, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
August 5, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
July 24, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
July 21, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
July 17, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
July 10, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
July 1, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
June 30, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
June 29, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
June 28, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
June 26, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
June 23, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
June 16, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
June 12, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
June 10, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
June 8, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
June 6, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
June 5, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
May 29, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES GA0039012.

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 GA0039012.

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.

What this page shows

This page is a public-records entry for NPDES permit GA0039012, held by City of Atlanta for the ATLANTA, CITY OF (R.M. CLAYTON, UTOY CREEK & SOUTH RIVER WRCS) facility, with its status listed as administratively continued. The figures shown are 19 for discharger class, 14 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 14 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and the permit's recorded issue and expiration dates are June 7, 2017 and June 30, 2022.