Gainesville, City of

NPDES permit GA0020168 · Major POTW · administratively continued, expires 2022-07-31 · EPA's file as of 2026-09-19

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This permit expired on 2022-07-31 and is administratively continued: its last limits keep applying until a new permit is issued, and EPA still expects the reports.

EPA's record, 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31

0values over a limit
0required values missing, on 0 form(s)
1of 12 forms filed late

Last period with anything received: 2026-08-31.

Reporting

Reports are due about 15 days after each monitoring period ends (read off this permit's own late-day counts in EPA's filings).

Limits in force (46)

OutfallParameterStatisticLimitMonths
001Temperature, water deg. fahrenheitMINIMUM report only all year
001Temperature, water deg. fahrenheitMAXIMUM report only all year
001TurbidityMO AVG <= 1 NTU all year
001Oxygen, dissolved [DO]DAILY MN >= 7 mg/L all year
001pHMINIMUM >= 6 SU all year
001pHMAXIMUM <= 9 SU all year
001Solids, total suspendedMO AVG <= 10 mg/L all year
001Solids, total suspendedWKLY AVG <= 15 mg/L all year
001Solids, total suspendedMO AVG <= 190 kg/d all year
001Solids, total suspendedWKLY AVG <= 237 kg/d all year
001Solids, total suspendedMO AVG report only all year
001Solids, total suspendedWKLY AVG report only all year
001Solids, total suspendedMO AVG report only all year
001Solids, total suspendedWKLY AVG report only all year
001Nitrogen, organic total [as N]MO AVG report only all year
001Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]MO AVG <= .5 mg/L all year
001Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]WKLY AVG <= .8 mg/L all year
001Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]MO AVG <= 9.5 kg/d all year
001Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]WKLY AVG <= 11.9 kg/d all year
001Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]MO AVG report only all year
001Phosphorus, total [as P]MO AVG <= .13 mg/L all year
001Phosphorus, total [as P]WKLY AVG <= .2 mg/L all year
001Phosphorus, total [as P]CUM TOTL report only all year
001Phosphorus, total [as P]MO TOTAL report only all year
001Phosphorus, total [as P]MO AVG <= 2.5 kg/d all year
001Phosphorus, total [as P]ANNL TOT <= 1705 lb/yr Mar
001Phosphorus, total [as P]WKLY AVG <= 3.1 kg/d all year
001Nitrogen, total KjeldahlMO AVG report only all year
001Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantMO AVG <= 5 MGD all year
001Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantWKLY AVG <= 6.25 MGD all year
001Phosphorus, orthoMO AVG report only all year
001Coliform, fecal generalMO AVG <= 23 #/100mL all year
001Coliform, fecal generalWKLY AVG <= 50 #/100mL all year
001Solids, sludge, total, dry weightMO TOTAL report only all year
001BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]MO AVG <= 2.5 mg/L all year
001BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]WKLY AVG <= 3.8 mg/L all year
001BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]MO AVG <= 47 kg/d all year
001BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]WKLY AVG <= 59 kg/d all year
001BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]MO AVG report only all year
001BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]WKLY AVG report only all year
001BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]MO AVG report only all year
001BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]WKLY AVG report only all year
001BOD, carbonaceous, percent removalMINIMUM >= 85 % all year
001Solids, suspended percent removalMINIMUM >= 85 % all year
001NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubiaMINIMUM report only all year
001Noel Statre 7Day Chronic PimephalesMINIMUM report only all year

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