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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0046451

CHEROKEE COUNTY WATER & SEWER AUTHORITY (ROSE CREEK WPCP), Woodstock, GA: NPDES GA0046451 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CHEROKEE COUNTY WATER & SEWER AUTHORITY (ROSE CREEK WPCP), held by Cherokee County Water & Sewerage Authority, holds NPDES permit GA0046451. EPA’s file records it issued March 20, 2015 and expiring March 31, 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 filedCHEROKEE COUNTY WATER & SEWER AUTHORITY (ROSE CREEK WPCP)
Permittee as filedCherokee County Water & Sewerage Authority
NPDES IDGA0046451
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
IssuedMarch 20, 2015
Expiration dateMarch 31, 2020
AddressWoodstock, GA 30189
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedLake Allatoona (HUC 031501041004)
Program components on fileBiosolids, POTW, Pretreatment
NAICS221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC4952 – 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

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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]4106October 31, 2010186% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual374February 28, 2021176% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C10122July 31, 200729% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general472July 31, 201978% over the limit
NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia171June 30, 200999% over the limit
Solids, total suspended10100
Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales170
pH440
Phosphorus, total [as P]440
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant330
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit110
Turbidity110
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]110
Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N]110
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]110
Phosphate, ortho [as P]110
Solids, sludge, total, dry weight110
BOD, 5-day, percent removal110
Solids, suspended percent removal110

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES GA0046451.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit GA0046451 for Cherokee County Water & Sewer Authority (Rose Creek WPCP) in Woodstock, GA, a major discharger listed as a publicly owned treatment works with an administratively continued status. The page lists 19 pollutants under a numeric limit and 5 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit issued March 20, 2015 and expiring March 31, 2020.