Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0046418
SAVANNAH, CITY OF (GEORGETOWN WPCP), Savannah, GA: NPDES GA0046418 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 17Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SAVANNAH, CITY OF (GEORGETOWN WPCP), held by Savannah, City of, holds NPDES permit GA0046418. EPA’s file records it issued November 16, 2015 and expiring November 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 | SAVANNAH, CITY OF (GEORGETOWN WPCP) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Savannah, City of |
| NPDES ID | GA0046418 |
| 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 | November 16, 2015 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2020 |
| Address | Savannah, GA 31419 |
| Subwatershed | Wilmington River (HUC 030602040101) |
| Program components on file | POTW, Pretreatment |
| 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
- 18Pollutants on file
- 17Under a numeric limit
- 6With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 4 | 4 | January 31, 2019 | 53% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 3 | 3 | March 31, 2009 | 100% over the limit |
| Enterococci | 2 | 2 | 2 | May 31, 2019 | 1,464% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 2 | 2 | March 31, 2015 | 1,108% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 1 | 1 | July 31, 2009 | 74% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 1 | 1 | October 31, 1992 | |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, ortho | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, organic total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite Plus Nitrate Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 1 | 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 GA0046418.
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.