Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES FL0027251
GRU - MAIN STREET WRF, Gainesville, FL: NPDES FL0027251 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 32Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 18Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GRU - MAIN STREET WRF, held by Gainesville Regional Utilities, holds NPDES permit FL0027251, which discharges to Sweetwater Br, Alachua Sink, Ocklawaha R Basin. EPA’s file records it issued April 16, 2020 and expiring April 15, 2025. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | GRU - MAIN STREET WRF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Gainesville Regional Utilities |
| NPDES ID | FL0027251 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | April 16, 2020 |
| Expiration date | April 15, 2025 |
| Issuing agency | Florida Department of Environmental Protection |
| Address | Gainesville, FL 32601 |
| Receiving water | Sweetwater Br, Alachua Sink, Ocklawaha R Basin |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Paynes Prairie (HUC 030801021105) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 39Pollutants on file
- 32Under a numeric limit
- 36With a violation of any kind
- 18With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 14 | 65 | 21 | December 31, 2025 | 203% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 5 | 45 | 7 | March 31, 2022 | 12% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 7 | 64 | 5 | March 31, 2024 | 90% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 20 | 5 | December 31, 2020 | 7,500% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 6 | 56 | 4 | May 31, 2025 | 105% over the limit |
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 3 | 24 | 3 | March 31, 2024 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Ammonia, unionized | 0 | 19 | 3 | May 31, 2012 | 112% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 14 | 67 | 2 | November 30, 2013 | 175% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 7 | 66 | 2 | January 31, 2019 | 240% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 58 | 2 | January 31, 2023 | |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 3 | 52 | 2 | November 30, 2011 | 80% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, organic total [as N] | 6 | 36 | 2 | July 31, 2016 | 144% over the limit |
| Mercury, total recoverable | 1 | 13 | 2 | September 30, 2019 | 3,233% over the limit |
| Oxygen demand, ultimate | 2 | 12 | 2 | January 31, 2019 | 69% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 13 | 69 | 1 | December 31, 2025 | 30% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia, tot unionized [as N] | 0 | 17 | 1 | January 31, 2016 | 400% over the limit |
| Lindane | 2 | 15 | 1 | September 30, 2014 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Silver total recoverable | 1 | 8 | 1 | March 31, 2014 | 186% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 6 | 54 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 3 | 54 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Chrpimephales | 3 | 54 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 3 | 51 | 0 | ||
| Conductivity | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorous, in total orthophosphate | 6 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 3 | 29 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 3 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho, dissolved [as P] | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Chlorophyll A | 2 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Stream velocity | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Plant capacity fact. percent of capacity | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Streamflow | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved percent saturation | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Herbaceous vegetation, presence | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 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 FL0027251.
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 14, 2026.