Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0021521
BRUNSWICK-GLYNN COUNTY JWSC (SAINT SIMONS ISLAND WPCP), Saint Simons Island, GA: NPDES GA0021521 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 18Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BRUNSWICK-GLYNN COUNTY JWSC (SAINT SIMONS ISLAND WPCP), held by Brunswick-Glynn County Joint Water and Sewer Commission, holds NPDES permit GA0021521. EPA’s file records it issued October 21, 2016 and expiring October 31, 2021. 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 | BRUNSWICK-GLYNN COUNTY JWSC (SAINT SIMONS ISLAND WPCP) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Brunswick-Glynn County Joint Water and Sewer Commission |
| NPDES ID | GA0021521 |
| 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 | October 21, 2016 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2021 |
| Address | Saint Simons Island, GA 31522 |
| Subwatershed | Mackay River-Frontal Atlantic Ocean (HUC 030702030203) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 21Pollutants on file
- 18Under a numeric limit
- 17With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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 | 4 | 18 | 18 | September 30, 2024 | 52% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 16 | 18 | 17 | January 31, 2024 | 99% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 14 | 14 | July 31, 2019 | 17% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 9 | 9 | January 31, 2024 | 159% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 8 | 8 | July 31, 2023 | 71% over the limit |
| Enterococci | 4 | 7 | 7 | January 31, 2024 | 470% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 16 | 4 | 4 | January 31, 2024 | 83% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 2 | 1 | 1 | July 31, 2005 | 13% over the limit |
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, organic total [as N] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Menidia | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, ortho | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 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 GA0021521.
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.