Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GAG640097
COLUMBUS WATER WORKS (FORT BENNING WTP), Columbus, GA: NPDES GAG640097 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
COLUMBUS WATER WORKS (FORT BENNING WTP), held by Columbus Water Works, holds NPDES permit GAG640097. EPA’s file records it issued December 31, 2020 and expiring December 31, 2025. 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 | COLUMBUS WATER WORKS (FORT BENNING WTP) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Columbus Water Works |
| NPDES ID | GAG640097 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Coverage under a general permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | December 31, 2020 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2025 |
| Address | Columbus, GA 31901 |
| Subwatershed | Cool Branch-Chattahoochee River (HUC 031300030905) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 10Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 8With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 2 | 103 | 1 | September 30, 2024 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 102 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 2 | 102 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 102 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 0 | 72 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 51 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total recoverable | 2 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 1 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 2 | 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 GAG640097.
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.