Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0031933
FLOWERY BRANCH, CITY OF (FLOWERY BRANCH WPCP), Flowery Branch, GA: NPDES GA0031933 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 13Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FLOWERY BRANCH, CITY OF (FLOWERY BRANCH WPCP), held by Flowery Branch, City of, holds NPDES permit GA0031933. EPA’s file records it issued March 22, 2016 and expiring March 31, 2021. 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 | FLOWERY BRANCH, CITY OF (FLOWERY BRANCH WPCP) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Flowery Branch, City of |
| NPDES ID | GA0031933 |
| 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 | March 22, 2016 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2021 |
| Address | Flowery Branch, GA 30542 |
| 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
- 16Pollutants on file
- 12Under a numeric limit
- 16With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 172 | 62 | March 31, 2026 | 7,700% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 162 | 48 | March 31, 2026 | 915% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 10 | 303 | 25 | March 31, 2026 | 4,940% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 10 | 298 | 21 | March 31, 2026 | 2,720% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 34 | 15 | January 31, 2015 | 406% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 88 | 8 | January 31, 2000 | 62% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 32 | 4 | December 31, 2024 | 567% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 32 | 3 | December 31, 2024 | 567% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 31 | 3 | July 31, 1995 | 100% over the limit |
| Turbidity | 1 | 26 | 3 | March 31, 2025 | |
| pH | 4 | 107 | 2 | November 30, 1995 | |
| Coliform, fecal general | 3 | 83 | 2 | March 31, 2025 | 88% over the limit |
| E. coli | 0 | 1 | 1 | March 31, 2023 | 156% over the limit |
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 1 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 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 GA0031933.
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.