Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GAG640017

CARTERSVILLE, CITY OF (CLARENCE B. WALKER WTP), Cartersville, GA: NPDES GAG640017 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
9Pollutants under a numeric limit
2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
1Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

CARTERSVILLE, CITY OF (CLARENCE B. WALKER WTP), held by Cartersville, City of, holds NPDES permit GAG640017. EPA’s file records it issued December 31, 2020 and expiring December 31, 2025.

CARTERSVILLE, CITY OF (CLARENCE B. WALKER WTP), Cartersville, Georgia: Coverage under a general permit GAG640017, held by Cartersville, City of; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued December 31, 2020, term to December 31, 2025.

Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 17 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest April 30, 2019, largest 5% over the limit.
Chlorine, total residual: 2 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest July 31, 2025, largest 82% over the limit.
pH: 2 limits, 16 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Iron, total recoverable: 2 limits, 16 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Aluminum, total recoverable: 2 limits, 16 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 16 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, sludge, total, dry weight: 1 limit, 8 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Phosphorus, total [as P]: 2 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
E. coli: 2 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

March 10, 2026: Evaluation (S).

Other permits held by Cartersville, City of

CITY OF CARTERSVILLE (CARTERSVILLE WPCP), Cartersville: GA0024091, issued February 13, 2018
CARTERSVILLE, CITY OF, Cartersville: GAG820023, issued July 20, 2021

CARTERSVILLE, CITY OF (CLARENCE B. WALKER WTP) among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 297 discharge permits in the Upper Euharlee Creek subwatershed (HUC 031501041404), GAG640017 among them. Its county holds 68, 1 of them major permits; GAG640017 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Upper Euharlee Creek subwatershed (HUC 031501041404)

(CED) CEDARTOWN, GA, Cedartown: GAIS14166, minor permit, permit term to May 31, 2027
11 GARDEN GATE, Kingston: GAR18C23D, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
13 GARDEN GATE, Kingston: GAR18C23F, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
159 HAPPY VALLEY, Dallas: GAR18C223, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
1872 TOWNSHIP, Rockmart: GAR396699, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
1920 - ENPLAS (USA) INC., Marietta: GAIS14911, minor permit, permit term to May 31, 2027
204 BATES FARM, Cartersville: GAR18C1A3, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
242 OLD SANDHILL ROAD, Carrollton: GAR397703, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
28 COHRAN RD, DALLAS, Dallas: GAR18C1F4, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
30 BATES FARM, Cartersville: GAR397762, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028

Identity

Facility as filed	CARTERSVILLE, CITY OF (CLARENCE B. WALKER WTP)
Permittee as filed	Cartersville, City of
NPDES ID	GAG640017
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Coverage under a general permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	December 31, 2020
Expiration date	December 31, 2025
Address	Cartersville, GA 30120
Subwatershed	Upper Euharlee Creek (HUC 031501041404)
SIC	4941 – Water Supply

Effluent limits and exceedances

9Pollutants on file
9Under a numeric limit
9With a violation of any kind
2With 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
Solids, total suspended	2	17	1	April 30, 2019	5% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual	2	8	1	July 31, 2025	82% over the limit
pH	2	16	0
Iron, total recoverable	2	16	0
Aluminum, total recoverable	2	16	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	16	0
Solids, sludge, total, dry weight	1	8	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	2	6	0
E. coli	2	6	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES GAG640017.

Inspections

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
March 10, 2026	Evaluation	S

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES GAG640017.

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit GAG640017, held by Cartersville, City of for the Clarence B. Walker WTP in Cartersville, GA, with the permit listed as administratively continued and a minor discharger class. The page lists 9 pollutants under a numeric limit and 2 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and places the facility in subwatershed HUC 031501041404.