Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0002712
JACKSON COUNTY WATER & SEWER AUTHORITY (MIDDLE OCONEE WPCP), Jefferson, GA: NPDES GA0002712 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 18Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
JACKSON COUNTY WATER & SEWER AUTHORITY (MIDDLE OCONEE WPCP), held by Jackson County Water & Sewerage Authority, holds NPDES permit GA0002712. EPA’s file records it issued April 27, 2020 and expiring November 30, 2022. 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 | JACKSON COUNTY WATER & SEWER AUTHORITY (MIDDLE OCONEE WPCP) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Jackson County Water & Sewerage Authority |
| NPDES ID | GA0002712 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | April 27, 2020 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2022 |
| Address | Jefferson, GA 30549 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Little Suwanee Creek-Yellow River (HUC 030701030301) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 19Pollutants on file
- 18Under a numeric limit
- 19With a violation of any kind
- 9With 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, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 272 | 15 | September 30, 2025 | 500% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 16 | 522 | 10 | January 31, 2025 | 2,023% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 8 | 10 | 10 | November 30, 2025 | 499% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 16 | 520 | 6 | January 31, 2025 | 993% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 136 | 6 | August 31, 2025 | 48% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 132 | 2 | June 30, 2025 | 80% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 131 | 2 | March 31, 2026 | |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 2 | 68 | 2 | December 31, 2024 | 408% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 2 | 67 | 1 | December 31, 2023 | 235% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 65 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 64 | 0 | ||
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, organic total [as N] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho [as P] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 1 | 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 GA0002712.
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.