Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0050181

HIAWASSEE, CITY OF (HIAWASSEE WPCP), Hiawassee, GA: NPDES GA0050181 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
16Pollutants under a numeric limit
8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

HIAWASSEE, CITY OF (HIAWASSEE WPCP), held by Hiawassee, City of, holds NPDES permit GA0050181. EPA’s file records it issued November 15, 2017 and expiring November 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 filed	HIAWASSEE, CITY OF (HIAWASSEE WPCP)
Permittee as filed	Hiawassee, City of
NPDES ID	GA0050181
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	November 15, 2017
Expiration date	November 30, 2022
Address	Hiawassee, GA 30546
Subwatershed	Lower Brasstown Creek (HUC 060200020302)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

19Pollutants on file
16Under a numeric limit
14With a violation of any kind
8With 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
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	248	125	May 31, 2025	670% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	8	536	36	March 31, 2010	1,550% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	84	23	June 30, 2000	80% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	8	506	14	September 30, 2014	1,765% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	4	186	6	February 28, 2019	178% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal	1	67	5	May 31, 1998	567% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal	1	64	3	January 31, 1998	567% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general	2	125	1	November 30, 1997	75% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]	1	219	0
pH	2	123	0
Chlorine, total residual	0	47	0
Solids, sludge, total, dry weight	1	34	0
E. coli	0	4	0
Nitrogen, total [as N]	0	2	0
E. coli, colony forming units [CFU]	2	0	0
Nitrogen, organic total [as N]	1	0	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 GA0050181.

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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This public-records page covers NPDES permit GA0050181, held by Hiawassee, City of for HIAWASSEE, CITY OF (HIAWASSEE WPCP) in Hiawassee, GA, with the permit listed as administratively continued and classed as a minor discharger. The facts list 19 pollutants on file, 16 under a numeric limit, 14 with a violation of any kind, and 8 with an effluent exceedance. The permit is shown as issued November 15, 2017 and expiring November 30, 2022, with figures as of September 15, 2026.