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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GAG640121

THOMSON, CITY OF (BIG CREEK WTP), Thomson, GA: NPDES GAG640121 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

THOMSON, CITY OF (BIG CREEK WTP), held by City of Thomson, holds NPDES permit GAG640121. 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 filedTHOMSON, CITY OF (BIG CREEK WTP)
Permittee as filedCity of Thomson
NPDES IDGAG640121
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
AddressThomson, GA 30824
SubwatershedMountain Creek-Turkey Creek (HUC 030601070204)
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
pH2860
Solids, total suspended2860
Iron, total recoverable2860
Aluminum, total recoverable2860
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2860
Phosphorus, total [as P]2560
Chlorine, total residual2520
Coliform, fecal general2480
Solids, sludge, total, dry weight1430
E. coli080

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES GAG640121.

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 GAG640121.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES GAG640121.

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 GAG640121.

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 GAG640121 for THOMSON, CITY OF (BIG CREEK WTP) in Thomson, GA, held by City of Thomson, with a permit status of administratively continued and a discharger class of Minor. The listed figures show 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with 10 pollutants noted under effluent limits and exceedances, and the subwatershed is Mountain Creek-Turkey Creek (HUC 030601070204).