Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GAG640063

AUGUSTA, CITY OF (HIGHLAND AVENUE WTP), Augusta, GA: NPDES GAG640063 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
9Pollutants under a numeric limit
3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

AUGUSTA, CITY OF (HIGHLAND AVENUE WTP), held by Augusta Utilities Department, holds NPDES permit GAG640063. 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	AUGUSTA, CITY OF (HIGHLAND AVENUE WTP)
Permittee as filed	Augusta Utilities Department
NPDES ID	GAG640063
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	Augusta, GA 30909
Subwatershed	Rosemary Creek (HUC 030602010607)
NAICS	221310 – Water Supply and Irrigation Systems
SIC	4941 – Water Supply

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
7With a violation of any kind
3With 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	28	April 30, 2026	3,082% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	2	38	16	December 31, 2025	4,678% over the limit
pH	2	26	4	July 31, 2023
Iron, total recoverable	2	24	0
Aluminum, total recoverable	2	24	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	22	0
Solids, sludge, total, dry weight	1	11	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	2	0	0
Coliform, fecal general	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 GAG640063.

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 Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES GAG640063 for AUGUSTA, CITY OF (HIGHLAND AVENUE WTP) in Augusta, GA, held by Augusta Utilities Department, with an administratively continued status and a Minor Discharger class. The facts list 9 for the discharger class, 3 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.