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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GAG640073

ETOWAH WATER & SEWER AUTHORITY (HIGHTOWER WTP), Dawsonville, GA: NPDES GAG640073 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ETOWAH WATER & SEWER AUTHORITY (HIGHTOWER WTP), held by Etowah Water & Sewer Authority, holds NPDES permit GAG640073. 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 filedETOWAH WATER & SEWER AUTHORITY (HIGHTOWER WTP)
Permittee as filedEtowah Water & Sewer Authority
NPDES IDGAG640073
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedDecember 31, 2020
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2025
AddressDawsonville, GA 30534
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedLittle Suwanee Creek-Yellow River (HUC 030701030301)
NAICS221310 – Water Supply and Irrigation Systems
SIC4941 – 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

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
pH2280
Solids, total suspended2280
Iron, total recoverable2280
Aluminum, total recoverable2280
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2280
Solids, sludge, total, dry weight1140
Chlorine, total residual2130
Phosphorus, total [as P]220
Coliform, fecal general220

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES GAG640073.

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES GAG640073.

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.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES GAG640073 held by Etowah Water & Sewer Authority for ETOWAH WATER & SEWER AUTHORITY (HIGHTOWER WTP) in Dawsonville, GA, with the permit listed as administratively continued and classed as a minor discharger. The figures printed are 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the subwatershed given as Little Suwanee Creek-Yellow River (HUC 030701030301).