Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0038741
MADISON, CITY OF (INDIAN CREEK WRF), Madison, GA: NPDES GA0038741 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 19Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MADISON, CITY OF (INDIAN CREEK WRF), held by Madison, City of, holds NPDES permit GA0038741. EPA’s file records it issued February 11, 2019 and expiring December 3, 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 | MADISON, CITY OF (INDIAN CREEK WRF) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Madison, City of |
| NPDES ID | GA0038741 |
| 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 11, 2019 |
| Expiration date | December 3, 2022 |
| Address | Madison, GA 30650 |
| Subwatershed | Millstone Creek-Broad River (HUC 030601040602) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 27Pollutants on file
- 19Under a numeric limit
- 24With a violation of any kind
- 10With 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 | 147 | 135 | July 31, 2026 | 773% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 8 | 58 | 42 | May 31, 2026 | 1,522% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 12 | 56 | 32 | September 30, 2024 | 104% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 31 | 28 | March 31, 2026 | 280% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 34 | 22 | April 30, 2026 | 579% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 13 | 9 | August 31, 2024 | 639% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 8 | 22 | 6 | September 30, 2021 | 152% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 10 | 4 | September 30, 2021 | |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 7 | 4 | November 30, 2024 | 33% over the limit |
| E. coli | 0 | 3 | 1 | July 31, 2026 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho [as P] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, organic total [as N] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 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 GA0038741.
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.