Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES SC0046060
BCW&SA LOWER BERKELEY WWTF, Goose Creek, SC: NPDES SC0046060 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BCW&SA LOWER BERKELEY WWTF, held by BCW&SA/LOWER BERKELEY WWTF, holds NPDES permit SC0046060, which discharges to Cooper River. EPA’s file records it issued April 15, 2019 and expiring April 30, 2024. 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 | BCW&SA LOWER BERKELEY WWTF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BCW&SA/LOWER BERKELEY WWTF |
| NPDES ID | SC0046060 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | April 15, 2019 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2024 |
| Address | Goose Creek, SC 29445 |
| Receiving water | COOPER RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Upper Cooper River (HUC 030502010705) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler SCD987583614; ICIS-AIR source SC00004200056 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 15Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 13With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enterococci | 4 | 16 | 12 | July 31, 2024 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 19 | 11 | May 31, 2022 | 107% over the limit |
| Oxygen demand, ultimate | 4 | 9 | 3 | May 31, 2022 | 48% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 30 | 1 | May 31, 2023 | 40% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 9 | 1 | February 28, 2015 | 56% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Carbonaceous oxygen demand, % removal | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal - % samples exceeding limit | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 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
- 5Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| February 23, 2023 | Pretreatment - Failure to Meet Inspection and Sampling Plan for SIUs | ST6 |
| February 23, 2023 | Pretreatment - Failure to Issue SIU Permits | ST6 |
| June 17, 2019 | Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain Records | ST6 |
| June 17, 2019 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| June 17, 2019 | Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample | ST6 |
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.