Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GAL024538

MACON WATER AUTHORITY, Macon, GA: NPDES GAL024538 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
0Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

MACON WATER AUTHORITY, held by Macon Water Authority, holds NPDES permit GAL024538. EPA’s file records it issued January 1, 2021 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.

What the register holds for MACON WATER AUTHORITY: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Macon, Georgia. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES GAL024538.

Identity

Facility as filed	MACON WATER AUTHORITY
Permittee as filed	Macon Water Authority
NPDES ID	GAL024538
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Associated permit record
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Program	Biosolids
Issued	January 1, 2021
Expiration date	December 31, 2025
Address	Macon, GA 31202
Subwatershed	Stone Creek-Ocmulgee River (HUC 030701031605)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler GAD991275785; ICIS-AIR source GA0000001302100230

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

Effluent limits and exceedances

0Pollutants on file
0Under a numeric limit
0With a violation of any kind
0With an effluent exceedance

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES GAL024538.

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 GAL024538.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES GAL024538.

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 GAL024538.

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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MACON WATER AUTHORITY, Macon, Georgia: Associated permit record GAL024538, held by Macon Water Authority; Biosolids; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued January 1, 2021, term to December 31, 2025.

Georgia holds 216 Biosolids coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 0 were issued before GAL024538. Macon Water Authority holds 7 permits in Georgia.

Other permits held by Macon Water Authority

MACON WATER AUTHORITY (LOWER POPLAR WRF), Macon: GA0024538, issued February 16, 2018
MACON WATER AUTHORITY (ROCKY CREEK WRF), Macon: GA0024546, issued February 13, 2018
MACON WATER AUTHORITY (FRANK C. AMERSON WTP), Macon: GAG640016, issued December 31, 2020
2013 SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS, ECHECONNEE FORCE MAIN REPAIRS, Macon: GAR246694, issued September 23, 2013
36 INCH SANITARY SEWER RELOCATION FOR GDOT PROJECT 311410, Macon: GAR248774, issued September 23, 2013
JOE TAMPLIN INDUSTRIAL BLVD 18 SANITARY SEWER REPLACEMENT, Macon: GAR25432A, issued August 1, 2023

Coverages issued nearest GAL024538

January 1, 2021: DEKALB COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF WATERSHED MANAGEMENT, Stone Mountain, GAL024147, held by Dekalb County Department of Watershed Management
January 1, 2021: FULTON COUNTY (BIG CREEK), Atlanta, GAL024333, held by Fulton County (Big Creek)
January 1, 2021: CITY OF ROME, Rome, GAL024341, held by City of Rome
January 1, 2021: CITY OF DOUGLAS, Douglas, GAL024431, held by City of Douglas
January 1, 2021: CORDELE WPCP, Cordele, GAL024503
January 1, 2021: MACON WATER AUTHORITY-ROCKY CR, Macon, GAL024546, held by Macon Water Authority-Rocky Cr
January 1, 2021: CITY OF MOULTRIE, Moultrie, GAL024660, held by City of Moultrie
January 1, 2021: CITY OF BAINBRIDGE, Bainbridge, GAL024678, held by City of Bainbridge
January 1, 2021: CITY OF ADEL, Adel, GAL024911, held by City of Adel
January 1, 2021: COBB CO (NOONDAY CRK. WPCP), Marietta, GAL024988

MACON WATER AUTHORITY among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 45 discharge permits in the Stone Creek-Ocmulgee River subwatershed (HUC 030701031605), GAL024538 among them. Its county holds 40, 2 of them major permits; GAL024538 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Stone Creek-Ocmulgee River subwatershed (HUC 030701031605)

301 JOE TAMPLIN BOULEVARD CLEARING & GRASSING, Macon: GAR147088, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2018
ARDENT MILLS, LLC, Macon: GAIS02231, minor permit, permit term to May 31, 2017
BROOKS COUNTY CDBG 2012, Unknown: GAR244947, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2018
BROOKS LANDING LOT 15, Unknown: GAR371763, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2018
CENTRAL CITY PARK FIELD #7 SOFTBALL FIELD RENO, 150 WILLIE SMOKIE GLOVER DR, Macon: GAR18BBE5, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
CK EM SOLUTION USA - MACON, Macon: GAIS14593, minor permit, permit term to May 31, 2027
CREEKSIDE VILLAGE ? LOT 15, Unknown: GAR380913, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2018
D.T. WALTON MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, Macon: GAR18B32B, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
DEMOLITION OF TINDALL HEIGHTS (PHASE 1A), Macon: GAR151215, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2018
DEMOLITION OF TINDALL HEIGHTS (PHASE 1B), Macon: GAR151216, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2018

Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.

Among the biosolids permits on EPA's NPDES register in Bibb County, the Macon Water Authority permit (NPDES ID GAL024538) is one of 2 counted, and it is one of 45 NPDES permits in the Stone Creek-Ocmulgee River subwatershed. The permit records show no pollutants under a numeric limit and no pollutants with an effluent exceedance, both counted as 0.