Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0038695
FORSYTH COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND SEWER (FOWLER WRF), Cumming, GA: NPDES GA0038695 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 18Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FORSYTH COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND SEWER (FOWLER WRF), held by Forsyth County Department of Water and Sewer, holds NPDES permit GA0038695. EPA’s file records it issued February 17, 2022 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 | FORSYTH COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND SEWER (FOWLER WRF) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Forsyth County Department of Water and Sewer |
| NPDES ID | GA0038695 |
| 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 | February 17, 2022 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2022 |
| Address | Cumming, GA 30040 |
| 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
- 18Pollutants on file
- 18Under a numeric limit
- 5With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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, organic total [as N] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho [as P] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous, percent removal | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES GA0038695.
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 GA0038695.
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.