Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GAJ030685
PIEDMONT WATER COMPANY, INC. (THE RETREAT AT LAKE LANIER WRF), Gainesville, GA: NPDES GAJ030685 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PIEDMONT WATER COMPANY, INC. (THE RETREAT AT LAKE LANIER WRF), held by Piedmont Water Company, Inc., holds NPDES permit GAJ030685. EPA’s file records it issued December 17, 2013 and expiring December 31, 2018. 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.
What the register holds for PIEDMONT WATER COMPANY, INC. (THE RETREAT AT LAKE LANIER WRF): its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Gainesville, Georgia, and 9 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES GAJ030685.
Identity
| Facility as filed | PIEDMONT WATER COMPANY, INC. (THE RETREAT AT LAKE LANIER WRF) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Piedmont Water Company, Inc. |
| NPDES ID | GAJ030685 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | State-issued individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | December 17, 2013 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2018 |
| Address | Gainesville, GA 30506 |
| 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
- 9Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 0With 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Spray irrigation, application rate | 1 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES GAJ030685.
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 GAJ030685.
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.