Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0025488
VIDALIA, CITY OF (SWIFT CREEK WPCP), Vidalia, GA: NPDES GA0025488 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 22Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
VIDALIA, CITY OF (SWIFT CREEK WPCP), held by Vidalia, City of, holds NPDES permit GA0025488. EPA’s file records it issued November 15, 2017 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 | VIDALIA, CITY OF (SWIFT CREEK WPCP) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Vidalia, City of |
| NPDES ID | GA0025488 |
| 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, 2017 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2022 |
| Address | Vidalia, GA 30474 |
| Subwatershed | Chapel Creek (HUC 030701060304) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 23Pollutants on file
- 22Under a numeric limit
- 21With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 12 | 40 | 8 | May 31, 2025 | 27% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 10 | 6 | June 30, 2026 | 132% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 6 | 5 | May 31, 2025 | 38% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 6 | 4 | January 31, 2024 | 9,900% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 11 | 2 | January 31, 2025 | |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 3 | 7 | 2 | November 30, 2024 | 29% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 4 | 2 | February 29, 2024 | 152% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 1 | 3 | 2 | July 31, 2025 | 93% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, organic total [as N] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho [as PO4] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 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 GA0025488.
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.