Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0050238
FORSYTH COUNTY (FOWLER WRF & JAMES CREEK WRF), Suwanee, GA: NPDES GA0050238 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 18Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FORSYTH COUNTY (FOWLER WRF & JAMES CREEK WRF), held by Forsyth County Department of Water and Sewer, holds NPDES permit GA0050238. EPA’s file records it issued May 27, 2015 and expiring May 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 filed | FORSYTH COUNTY (FOWLER WRF & JAMES CREEK WRF) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Forsyth County Department of Water and Sewer |
| NPDES ID | GA0050238 |
| 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 | May 27, 2015 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2020 |
| Address | Suwanee, GA 30024 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Little Suwanee Creek-Yellow River (HUC 030701030301) |
| 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
- 18Under a numeric limit
- 6With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 8 | 4 | 4 | January 31, 2018 | 146% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 3 | 3 | March 31, 2018 | 700% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 8 | 1 | 1 | February 28, 2019 | 8% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 8 | 1 | 1 | August 31, 2023 | 101% over the limit |
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, organic total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho [as P] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 2 | 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 GA0050238.
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.