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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MDG766171

COLUMBIA SWIM CENTER MAIN POOL, Columbia, MD: NPDES MDG766171 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

COLUMBIA SWIM CENTER MAIN POOL, held by COLUMBIA ASSOCIATION, holds NPDES permit MDG766171, which discharges to Little Patuxent River. EPA’s file records it issued September 15, 2023 and expiring January 31, 2028. 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 filedCOLUMBIA SWIM CENTER MAIN POOL
Permittee as filedCOLUMBIA ASSOCIATION
NPDES IDMDG766171
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedSeptember 15, 2023
Expiration dateJanuary 31, 2028
Issuing agencyMARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT
AddressColumbia, MD 21044
Receiving waterLITTLE PATUXENT RIVER
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedDorsey Run-Little Patuxent River (HUC 020600060202)

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
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant060
Chlorine, total residual040

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES MDG766171.

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 MDG766171.

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

The COLUMBIA SWIM CENTER MAIN POOL permit, held by COLUMBIA ASSOCIATION in Columbia, Howard County, Maryland, is one of 68 general permit coverages on EPA's NPDES register in Howard County, this one included. Of all 67 general permit coverages in Howard County, this one included, 65.7% carry an earlier issue date than this permit's September 15, 2023 issuance. The permit sits among 44 NPDES permits in the Dorsey Run-Little Patuxent River subwatershed, this one included, and it has no pollutants under a numeric limit and no pollutants with an effluent exceedance.