Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0034185
CHEROKEE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION (FREE HOME ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WPCP), Canton, GA: NPDES GA0034185 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CHEROKEE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION (FREE HOME ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WPCP), held by Cherokee County Board of Education, holds NPDES permit GA0034185. EPA’s file records it issued February 24, 2014 and expiring February 28, 2019. 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 | CHEROKEE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION (FREE HOME ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WPCP) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Cherokee County Board of Education |
| NPDES ID | GA0034185 |
| 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 | February 24, 2014 |
| Expiration date | February 28, 2019 |
| Address | Canton, GA 30115 |
| Subwatershed | Smithwick Creek-Etowah River (HUC 031501040601) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 14Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 14With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 2 | 85 | 3 | August 31, 2018 | |
| Chlorine, total residual | 3 | 16 | 2 | April 30, 2016 | 1,718% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 147 | 1 | May 31, 2015 | 7% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 8 | 35 | 1 | March 31, 2020 | 75% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 142 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 84 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 56 | 0 | ||
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 1 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, organic total [as N] | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho [as P] | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 5 | 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 GA0034185.
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.