Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0039128
FORSYTH COUNTY (WINDERMERE WRF), Suwanee, GA: NPDES GA0039128 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FORSYTH COUNTY (WINDERMERE WRF), held by FORSYTH CTY DEPT OF WATER & SEWER, holds NPDES permit GA0039128, which discharges to James Crk Trib To Chattahoochee River. EPA’s file records it issued February 9, 2009 and expiring February 8, 2014. 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 | FORSYTH COUNTY (WINDERMERE WRF) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | FORSYTH CTY DEPT OF WATER & SEWER |
| NPDES ID | GA0039128 |
| 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 | February 9, 2009 |
| Expiration date | February 8, 2014 |
| Issuing agency | GA DNR |
| Address | Suwanee, GA 30024 |
| Receiving water | JAMES CRK TRIB TO CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Little Suwanee Creek-Yellow River (HUC 030701030301) |
| Program components on file | POTW, Pretreatment |
| 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
- 14Pollutants on file
- 10Under a numeric limit
- 14With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 2 | 47 | 1 | January 31, 2013 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 32 | 1 | December 31, 2018 | 4% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 82 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 80 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 34 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 1 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 1 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 15 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Stream flow, instantaneous | 0 | 2 | 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 GA0039128.
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.