Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0020389
COLUMBIA COUNTY WATER UTILITY (HARLEM WPCP - 0.25 MGD), Harlem, GA: NPDES GA0020389 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 8Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
COLUMBIA COUNTY WATER UTILITY (HARLEM WPCP - 0.25 MGD), held by Harlem, City of, holds NPDES permit GA0020389. EPA’s file records it issued July 11, 2005 and expiring July 10, 2010. 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 | COLUMBIA COUNTY WATER UTILITY (HARLEM WPCP - 0.25 MGD) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Harlem, City of |
| NPDES ID | GA0020389 |
| 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 | July 11, 2005 |
| Expiration date | July 10, 2010 |
| Address | Harlem, GA 30814 |
| Subwatershed | Rosemary Creek (HUC 030602010607) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 10Pollutants on file
- 8Under a numeric limit
- 10With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 166 | 46 | January 31, 2025 | 94% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 499 | 19 | March 31, 2011 | 1,140% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 8 | 491 | 11 | March 31, 2020 | 1,010% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 9 | 9 | May 31, 2021 | 109% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 122 | 2 | August 31, 1990 | 99,999% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 125 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 60 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 60 | 0 | ||
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, organic total [as N] | 0 | 2 | 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 GA0020389.
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.