Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES SC0023736
BLUE GRANITE WATER COMPANY BRIARCREEK WWTP #I, Gaffney, SC: NPDES SC0023736 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BLUE GRANITE WATER COMPANY BRIARCREEK WWTP #I, held by UNITED UTIL COMPS/BRIARCREEK S, holds NPDES permit SC0023736, which discharges to Spencrs Br-Gilkey Ck-Thick-Bro. EPA’s file records it issued July 31, 2007 and expiring August 31, 2012. 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 filed | BLUE GRANITE WATER COMPANY BRIARCREEK WWTP #I |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | UNITED UTIL COMPS/BRIARCREEK S |
| NPDES ID | SC0023736 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | July 31, 2007 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2012 |
| Address | Gaffney, SC 29342 |
| Receiving water | SPENCRS BR-GILKEY CK-THICK-BRO |
| Subwatershed | Doolittle Creek-Broad River (HUC 030501051603) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 13Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 6With a violation of any kind
- 5With an effluent exceedance
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 measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 6 | 6 | February 28, 2019 | 194% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 5 | 5 | March 31, 2020 | 258% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 3 | 3 | July 31, 2022 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 2 | 2 | February 28, 2014 | 78% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 1 | 1 | September 30, 2012 | 99,999% over the limit |
| %Effect Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| %Mortality 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| %Repro Reduc Static Renewal7D Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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 SC0023736.
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.