Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0050319
ETOWAH WATER & SEWER AUTHORITY (DAWSON FOREST WRF), Dawsonville, GA: NPDES GA0050319 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 16Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ETOWAH WATER & SEWER AUTHORITY (DAWSON FOREST WRF), held by Etowah Water & Sewer Authority, holds NPDES permit GA0050319. EPA’s file records it issued March 1, 2024 and expiring February 28, 2029. 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.
What the register holds for ETOWAH WATER & SEWER AUTHORITY (DAWSON FOREST WRF): its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Dawsonville, Georgia, and 16 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES GA0050319.
Identity
| Facility as filed | ETOWAH WATER & SEWER AUTHORITY (DAWSON FOREST WRF) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Etowah Water & Sewer Authority |
| NPDES ID | GA0050319 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | March 1, 2024 |
| Expiration date | February 28, 2029 |
| Address | Dawsonville, GA 30534 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Little Suwanee Creek-Yellow River (HUC 030701030301) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 16Pollutants on file
- 16Under a numeric limit
- 0With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 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 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 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 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES GA0050319.
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 GA0050319.
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 September 15, 2026.