Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0038709
DOUGLASVILLE-DOUGLAS COUNTY WATER & SEWERAGE AUTHORITY (SOUTH CENTRAL WPCP), Douglasville, GA: NPDES GA0038709 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 16Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
DOUGLASVILLE-DOUGLAS COUNTY WATER & SEWERAGE AUTHORITY (SOUTH CENTRAL WPCP), held by Douglasville - Douglas County Water and Sewer Authority, holds NPDES permit GA0038709. EPA’s file records it issued April 20, 2015 and expiring April 30, 2020. 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 | DOUGLASVILLE-DOUGLAS COUNTY WATER & SEWERAGE AUTHORITY (SOUTH CENTRAL WPCP) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Douglasville - Douglas County Water and Sewer Authority |
| NPDES ID | GA0038709 |
| 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 | April 20, 2015 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2020 |
| Address | Douglasville, GA 30135 |
| Subwatershed | Upper Euharlee Creek (HUC 031501041404) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 18Pollutants on file
- 16Under a numeric limit
- 9With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 3 | 3 | April 30, 2025 | 175% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 3 | 3 | April 30, 2025 | 180% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 2 | 2 | January 31, 2013 | 300% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 2 | 2 | February 28, 2015 | 779% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 1 | 1 | August 31, 2013 | |
| Nitrogen, organic total [as N] | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, ortho | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous, percent removal | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 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 GA0038709.
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.