Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0050242
CHEROKEE COUNTY WATER & SEWERAGE AUTHORITY (RIVERBEND WWTP), Ball Ground, GA: NPDES GA0050242 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 17Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CHEROKEE COUNTY WATER & SEWERAGE AUTHORITY (RIVERBEND WWTP), held by Cherokee County Water and Sewerage Authority, holds NPDES permit GA0050242. EPA’s file records it issued March 11, 2016 and expiring March 31, 2021. 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 | CHEROKEE COUNTY WATER & SEWERAGE AUTHORITY (RIVERBEND WWTP) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Cherokee County Water and Sewerage Authority |
| NPDES ID | GA0050242 |
| 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 | March 11, 2016 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2021 |
| Address | Ball Ground, GA 30107 |
| 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
- 17Pollutants on file
- 17Under a numeric limit
- 15With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 9 | 1 | February 28, 2019 | 10% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 16 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 16 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 8 | 16 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, organic total [as N] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho [as P] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite Plus Nitrate Total | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 2 | 4 | 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 GA0050242.
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.