Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0039012
ATLANTA, CITY OF (R.M. CLAYTON, UTOY CREEK & SOUTH RIVER WRCS), Atlanta, GA: NPDES GA0039012 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 19Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 14Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ATLANTA, CITY OF (R.M. CLAYTON, UTOY CREEK & SOUTH RIVER WRCS), held by City of Atlanta, holds NPDES permit GA0039012. EPA’s file records it issued June 7, 2017 and expiring June 30, 2022. 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 | ATLANTA, CITY OF (R.M. CLAYTON, UTOY CREEK & SOUTH RIVER WRCS) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Atlanta |
| NPDES ID | GA0039012 |
| 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 7, 2017 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2022 |
| Address | Atlanta, GA 30303 |
| 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
- 22Pollutants on file
- 19Under a numeric limit
- 16With a violation of any kind
- 14With 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] | 56 | 248 | 248 | March 31, 2026 | 1,297% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 96 | 164 | 164 | March 31, 2026 | 2,988% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 80 | 153 | 153 | May 31, 2026 | 1,357% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 24 | 34 | 34 | July 31, 2023 | 14,900% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 12 | 31 | 31 | January 31, 2026 | 100% over the limit |
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 48 | 30 | 30 | January 31, 2026 | 839% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 128 | 16 | 16 | March 31, 2024 | 2,262% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 12 | 11 | 11 | May 31, 2025 | 256% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 7 | 7 | November 30, 2024 | 1,750% over the limit |
| E. coli | 0 | 6 | 6 | March 31, 2024 | 1,840% over the limit |
| pH | 24 | 3 | 3 | March 31, 2026 | |
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 0 | 3 | 2 | February 29, 2016 | 26% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 48 | 2 | 2 | February 29, 2020 | 3% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous, percent removal | 12 | 1 | 1 | May 31, 2024 | 20% over the limit |
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 12 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 12 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 108 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, organic total [as N] | 36 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho [as P] | 28 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 12 | 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 GA0039012.
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.