Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0026107
SOCIAL CIRCLE, CITY OF (LITTLE RIVER WPCP), Social Circle, GA: NPDES GA0026107 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 17Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 11Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SOCIAL CIRCLE, CITY OF (LITTLE RIVER WPCP), held by Social Circle, City of, holds NPDES permit GA0026107. EPA’s file records it issued July 5, 2013 and expiring July 31, 2018. 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 | SOCIAL CIRCLE, CITY OF (LITTLE RIVER WPCP) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Social Circle, City of |
| NPDES ID | GA0026107 |
| 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 5, 2013 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2018 |
| Address | Social Circle, GA 30025 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Little Suwanee Creek-Yellow River (HUC 030701030301) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 17Pollutants on file
- 17Under a numeric limit
- 17With a violation of any kind
- 11With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper, total recoverable | 4 | 229 | 170 | July 31, 2026 | 808% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 266 | 128 | April 30, 2011 | 3,076% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 8 | 254 | 118 | February 28, 2014 | 7,335% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 138 | 66 | February 28, 2026 | 1,253% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 50 | 32 | October 31, 2025 | 567% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 70 | 31 | August 31, 2025 | 82,400% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 35 | 18 | September 30, 2017 | 54% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 44 | 6 | October 31, 1996 | |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 22 | 5 | May 31, 2003 | 15,733% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 21 | 2 | March 31, 2000 | 27% over the limit |
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 2 | 1 | June 30, 2014 | 49% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 38 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 38 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 1 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 1 | 1 | 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 GA0026107.
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.