Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0020443
SAVANNAH, CITY OF (WILSHIRE WPCP), Savannah, GA: NPDES GA0020443 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 19Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SAVANNAH, CITY OF (WILSHIRE WPCP), held by City of Savannah, holds NPDES permit GA0020443. EPA’s file records it issued November 15, 2018 and expiring November 30, 2023. 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 | SAVANNAH, CITY OF (WILSHIRE WPCP) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Savannah |
| NPDES ID | GA0020443 |
| 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 | November 15, 2018 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2023 |
| Address | Savannah, GA 31419 |
| Subwatershed | Wilmington River (HUC 030602040101) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 21Pollutants on file
- 19Under a numeric limit
- 9With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 2 | 38 | 37 | May 31, 2000 | 473% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 16 | 20 | 20 | July 31, 2000 | 186% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 18 | 18 | July 31, 2000 | 128% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 17 | 17 | December 31, 2015 | 99,999% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 0 | 15 | 15 | May 31, 2000 | 473% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 3 | 3 | June 30, 2011 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 3 | 3 | July 31, 1996 | 71% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 2 | 2 | July 31, 1996 | 70% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 3 | 1 | July 31, 1996 | 20% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen demand, ultimate | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, organic total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho [as P] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous, percent removal | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 96Hr Acute Mysid. Bahia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 96Hr Acute Menidia | 2 | 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 GA0020443.
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.