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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GAG640100

HEARD COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY (STEVE LIPFORD CREEK WTP), Franklin, GA: NPDES GAG640100 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

HEARD COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY (STEVE LIPFORD CREEK WTP), held by Heard County Water Authority, holds NPDES permit GAG640100. 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 (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedHEARD COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY (STEVE LIPFORD CREEK WTP)
Permittee as filedHeard County Water Authority
NPDES IDGAG640100
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedDecember 31, 2020
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2025
AddressFranklin, GA 30217
SubwatershedUpper Long Cane Creek (HUC 031300020905)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO 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
Solids, total suspended2942May 31, 202267% over the limit
pH2920
Iron, total recoverable2920
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2920
Aluminum, total [as Al]0920
Chlorine, total residual2460
Solids, sludge, total, dry weight1100
Phosphorus, total [as P]200
Aluminum, total recoverable200
Coliform, fecal general200

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 GAG640100.

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.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit GAG640100, held by Heard County Water Authority for the Steve Lipford Creek WTP in Franklin, GA, which is listed as administratively continued and classed as a minor discharger. The page lists 10 pollutants on file, 9 under a numeric limit, and 1 with an effluent exceedance, within the Upper Long Cane Creek subwatershed (HUC 031300020905).