Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0047911
GWINNETT COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES (YELLOW RIVER WPCP), Lilburn, GA: NPDES GA0047911 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 19Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GWINNETT COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES (YELLOW RIVER WPCP), held by Gwinnett County DWR, holds NPDES permit GA0047911. EPA’s file records it issued October 15, 2018 and expiring October 31, 2023. 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 | GWINNETT COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES (YELLOW RIVER WPCP) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Gwinnett County DWR |
| NPDES ID | GA0047911 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | October 15, 2018 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2023 |
| Address | Lilburn, GA 30047 |
| 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
- 19Pollutants on file
- 19Under a numeric limit
- 12With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 | 6 | 2 | May 31, 2006 | 180% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 9 | 1 | February 28, 2010 | 33% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 3 | 1 | June 30, 2011 | 24% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho [as P] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous, percent removal | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, organic total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 1 | 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 GA0047911.
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.