Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES SC0026409
BLUE GRANITE WATER COMPANY BRIARCREEK WWTP #2, Gaffney, SC: NPDES SC0026409 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BLUE GRANITE WATER COMPANY BRIARCREEK WWTP #2, held by UNITED UTIL COMPS/BRIARCREEK S, holds NPDES permit SC0026409, which discharges to Spencers Br-Gilkey-Thicke-Broa. EPA’s file records it issued June 28, 2007 and expiring June 30, 2012. 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 filed | BLUE GRANITE WATER COMPANY BRIARCREEK WWTP #2 |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | UNITED UTIL COMPS/BRIARCREEK S |
| NPDES ID | SC0026409 |
| 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 | June 28, 2007 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2012 |
| Address | Gaffney, SC 29340 |
| Receiving water | SPENCERS BR-GILKEY-THICKE-BROA |
| Subwatershed | Doolittle Creek-Broad River (HUC 030501051603) |
| NAICS | 531110 – Lessors of Residential Buildings and Dwellings |
| SIC | 6514 – Dwelling Operators, Except Apartments |
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
- 13Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 11With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| %Effect Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 9 | 7 | March 31, 2025 | 253% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 14 | 6 | October 31, 2015 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 14 | 6 | September 30, 2016 | 906% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 14 | 6 | February 28, 2019 | 900% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 8 | 4 | July 31, 2020 | 1,842% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 11 | 3 | September 30, 2021 | 292% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 76 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 76 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| %Mortality 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| %Repro Reduc Static Renewal7D Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 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 SC0026409.
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 October 14, 2026.