Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0038814
PORT WENTWORTH, CITY OF (PORT WENTWORTH WPCP), Port Wentworth, GA: NPDES GA0038814 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 18Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PORT WENTWORTH, CITY OF (PORT WENTWORTH WPCP), held by Port Wentworth, City of, holds NPDES permit GA0038814. EPA’s file records it issued June 24, 2015 and expiring June 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 | PORT WENTWORTH, CITY OF (PORT WENTWORTH WPCP) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Port Wentworth, City of |
| NPDES ID | GA0038814 |
| 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 | June 24, 2015 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2020 |
| Address | Port Wentworth, GA 31407 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Outlet Savannah River (HUC 030601090307) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 25Pollutants on file
- 18Under a numeric limit
- 25With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 75 | 51 | July 31, 2023 | 1,334% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 65 | 15 | August 31, 2022 | 315% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 37 | 13 | July 31, 2022 | 595% over the limit |
| Oxygen demand, ultimate | 2 | 20 | 9 | July 31, 2024 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 0 | 12 | 4 | September 30, 2023 | 76% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 48 | 2 | May 31, 2022 | 96% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 15 | 1 | November 30, 2013 | |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 7 | 1 | June 30, 2019 | 10% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 8 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity | 1 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Dissolved oxygen injected | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, ortho | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen transfer efficiency | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, organic total [as N] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho [as P] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 0 | 1 | 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 GA0038814.
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.