Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES SCG646068

PIONEER RURAL WATER DISTRICT/LAKE HARTWELL WATER TREATMENT PLANT, Fair Play, SC: NPDES SCG646068 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
6Pollutants under a numeric limit
1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

PIONEER RURAL WATER DISTRICT/LAKE HARTWELL WATER TREATMENT PLANT, held by PIONEER RURAL WATER DISTRICT, holds NPDES permit SCG646068. EPA’s file records it issued December 2, 2015 and expiring December 30, 2020. 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	PIONEER RURAL WATER DISTRICT/LAKE HARTWELL WATER TREATMENT PLANT
Permittee as filed	PIONEER RURAL WATER DISTRICT
NPDES ID	SCG646068
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Coverage under a general permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	December 2, 2015
Expiration date	December 30, 2020
Issuing agency	State
Address	Fair Play, SC 29643
Subwatershed	Beaverdam Creek-Tugaloo River (HUC 030601020505)
SIC	4941 – Water Supply

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

7Pollutants on file
6Under a numeric limit
7With a violation of any kind
1With 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	2	164	12	December 31, 2020	392% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	152	0
Solids, total suspended	2	108	0
pH	2	104	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	2	86	0
Aluminum, total [as Al]	0	80	0
Pass/Fail Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia	1	7	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

1Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
November 17, 2022	Management Practice Violations - Best Management Practice Deficiencies	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 October 14, 2026.

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES SCG646068, held by Pioneer Rural Water District for its Lake Hartwell water treatment plant in Fair Play, SC, classed as a Minor Discharger and listed as administratively continued. The page lists 6 for discharger class, 1 pollutant under a numeric limit, and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance, with the permit issued December 2, 2015 and expiring December 30, 2020.