Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GAG640046

SPARTA, CITY OF (SPARTA WTP), Sparta, GA: NPDES GAG640046 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
9Pollutants under a numeric limit
1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

SPARTA, CITY OF (SPARTA WTP), held by City of Sparta, holds NPDES permit GAG640046. EPA’s file records it issued December 31, 2020 and expiring December 31, 2025. 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	SPARTA, CITY OF (SPARTA WTP)
Permittee as filed	City of Sparta
NPDES ID	GAG640046
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	Publicly owned treatment works
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	December 31, 2020
Expiration date	December 31, 2025
Address	Sparta, GA 31087
Subwatershed	Deepstep Creek-Buffalo Creek (HUC 030701020305)
NAICS	221310 – Water Supply and Irrigation Systems
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

9Pollutants on file
9Under a numeric limit
9With a violation of any kind
1With 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
Chlorine, total residual	2	39	22	January 31, 2026	718% over the limit
pH	2	34	0
Solids, total suspended	2	34	0
Iron, total recoverable	2	34	0
Aluminum, total recoverable	2	34	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	34	0
Solids, sludge, total, dry weight	1	17	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	2	2	0
Coliform, fecal general	2	2	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 GAG640046.

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.

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit GAG640046, held by City of Sparta for the SPARTA, CITY OF (SPARTA WTP) facility in Sparta, GA, with the permit listed as administratively continued. The page lists a discharger class of Minor, 9 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance, within the Deepstep Creek-Buffalo Creek watershed (HUC 030701020305).