Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0030791
GRIFFIN, CITY OF (POTATO CREEK WPCP), Griffin, GA: NPDES GA0030791 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 17Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 13Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GRIFFIN, CITY OF (POTATO CREEK WPCP), held by Griffin, City of, holds NPDES permit GA0030791. EPA’s file records it issued June 18, 2014 and expiring June 30, 2019. 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 | GRIFFIN, CITY OF (POTATO CREEK WPCP) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Griffin, City of |
| NPDES ID | GA0030791 |
| 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 | June 18, 2014 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2019 |
| Address | Griffin, GA 30224 |
| Subwatershed | Cole Creek-Tobesofkee Creek (HUC 030701031401) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 18Pollutants on file
- 17Under a numeric limit
- 14With a violation of any kind
- 13With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 24 | 35 | 35 | February 28, 2025 | 208% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 10 | 22 | 22 | February 28, 2025 | 83% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 0 | 19 | 19 | September 30, 2006 | 806% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 13 | 13 | December 31, 2015 | 13,380% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 13 | 13 | April 30, 2001 | 567% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 12 | 12 | April 30, 2001 | 440% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 10 | 10 | April 30, 2023 | 397% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 28 | 8 | 8 | January 31, 2022 | 40% over the limit |
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 22 | 4 | May 31, 2018 | 73% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 3 | 3 | July 31, 2019 | 287% over the limit |
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 1 | 18 | 1 | June 30, 2016 | 46% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 12 | 1 | 1 | May 31, 2000 | 7% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 1 | 1 | April 30, 1993 | |
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 3 | 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 GA0030791.
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.