Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0024503
CORDELE, CITY OF (GUM CREEK WPCP), Cordele, GA: NPDES GA0024503 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 18Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CORDELE, CITY OF (GUM CREEK WPCP), held by City of Cordele, holds NPDES permit GA0024503. EPA’s file records it issued February 8, 2017 and expiring February 28, 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 | CORDELE, CITY OF (GUM CREEK WPCP) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Cordele |
| NPDES ID | GA0024503 |
| 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 | February 8, 2017 |
| Expiration date | February 28, 2022 |
| Address | Cordele, GA 31015 |
| Subwatershed | Upper Lake Blackshear (HUC 031300060602) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 18Pollutants on file
- 18Under a numeric limit
- 11With 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 | 1 | 82 | 82 | May 31, 2024 | 567% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 66 | 66 | April 30, 2024 | 74% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 8 | 39 | 39 | May 31, 2024 | 1,033% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 18 | 18 | March 31, 2024 | 238% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 11 | 11 | February 28, 1993 | 567% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 9 | 9 | March 31, 2020 | 297% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 4 | 3 | January 31, 2020 | |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 1 | 1 | September 30, 1990 | 6% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 1 | 1 | September 30, 1992 | 100% over the limit |
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, organic total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho [as P] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 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 GA0024503.
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.