Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0048178
MEIGS, CITY OF (MEIGS WPCP), Meigs, GA: NPDES GA0048178 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 17Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 11Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MEIGS, CITY OF (MEIGS WPCP), held by Meigs, City of, holds NPDES permit GA0048178. EPA’s file records it issued December 14, 2017 and expiring December 31, 2022. 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 | MEIGS, CITY OF (MEIGS WPCP) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Meigs, City of |
| NPDES ID | GA0048178 |
| 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 | December 14, 2017 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2022 |
| Address | Meigs, GA 31765 |
| Subwatershed | Lower Little Ochlockonee Creek (HUC 031200020405) |
| 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
- 15With a violation of any kind
- 11With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 6 | 536 | 242 | July 31, 2026 | 1,224% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 152 | 76 | June 30, 2026 | 567% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 212 | 64 | April 30, 2024 | 681% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 8 | 641 | 53 | June 30, 2026 | 202% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 622 | 36 | July 31, 2026 | 764% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 107 | 33 | March 31, 2018 | 74% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 178 | 24 | October 31, 2020 | 99,999% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 93 | 19 | June 30, 2026 | 561% over the limit |
| pH | 6 | 163 | 13 | February 29, 2016 | |
| E. coli | 0 | 11 | 11 | July 31, 2026 | 485% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 43 | 4 | February 28, 2017 | 6,264% over the limit |
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 1 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, organic total [as N] | 1 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho [as P] | 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 GA0048178.
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.