Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0050214
HALL COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS (SPOUT SPRINGS WRF), Flowery Branch, GA: NPDES GA0050214 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 17Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
HALL COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS (SPOUT SPRINGS WRF), held by Hall County, holds NPDES permit GA0050214. EPA’s file records it issued June 16, 2020 and expiring September 30, 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 | HALL COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS (SPOUT SPRINGS WRF) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Hall County |
| NPDES ID | GA0050214 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | June 16, 2020 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2023 |
| Address | Flowery Branch, GA 30542 |
| 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
- 17Under a numeric limit
- 19With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 10 | 76 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 10 | 70 | 0 | ||
| Depth to water level ft below landsurface | 0 | 57 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 55 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Conductivity | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho [as P] | 1 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 1 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Rainfall | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Spray irrigation, application rate | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, organic total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES GA0050214.
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 GA0050214.
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.