Forsyth County Department of Water and Sewer

NPDES permit GA0038954 · Major POTW · expired, expires 2022-04-30 · EPA's file as of 2026-09-19

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This permit expired on 2022-04-30 and is expired: 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
8required values missing, on 2 form(s)
4of 44 forms filed late

Last period with anything received: 2026-07-31.

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 (66)

OutfallParameterStatisticLimitMonths
001Temperature, water deg. fahrenheitMO MIN report only all year
001Temperature, water deg. fahrenheitMO AVG report only all year
001Temperature, water deg. fahrenheitMO MAX report only all year
001Oxygen, dissolved [DO]DAILY MN >= 6 mg/L all year
001pHDAILY MN >= 6 SU all year
001pHDAILY MX <= 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 <= 227 kg/d all year
001Solids, total suspendedWKLY AVG <= 284 kg/d 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 <= .75 mg/L all year
001Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]MO AVG <= 11.4 kg/d all year
001Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]WKLY AVG <= 14.2 kg/d all year
001Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]MO AVG report only all year
001Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]MO AVG report only all year
001Phosphorus, total [as P]MO AVG <= .3 mg/L all year
001Phosphorus, total [as P]WKLY AVG <= .45 mg/L all year
001Phosphorus, total [as P]MO AVG <= 6.8 kg/d all year
001Phosphorus, total [as P]WKLY AVG <= 8.5 kg/d all year
001Phosphate, ortho [as P]MO AVG report only all year
001Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantMO AVG <= 6 MGD all year
001Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantWKLY AVG <= 7.5 MGD all year
001Chlorine, total residualDAILY MX <= .5 mg/L all year
001E. coliMOAV GEO <= 126 CFU/100mL all year
001E. coliWE <= 410 CFU/100mL all year
001Coliform, fecal generalMOAV GEO <= 200 #/100mL all year
001Coliform, fecal generalWE <= 400 #/100mL all year
001BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]MO AVG <= 2.9 mg/L all year
001BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]WKLY AVG <= 4.4 mg/L all year
001BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]MO AVG <= 66 kg/d all year
001BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]WKLY AVG <= 82.5 kg/d all year
002Solids, total suspendedMO AVG report only all year
002Solids, total suspendedWKLY AVG report only all year
002Solids, total suspendedMO AV MN report only all year
002Solids, total suspendedWKLY AVG report only all year
002Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantMO AVG <= 4.75 MGD all year
002Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantWKLY AVG <= 5.94 MGD all year
002Solids, sludge, total, dry weightMO TOTAL report only all year
002BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]MO AVG report only all year
002BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]WKLY AVG report only all year
002BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]MO AVG report only all year
002BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]WKLY AVG report only all year
002BOD, carbonaceous, percent removalMINIMUM >= 85 % all year
002Solids, suspended percent removalMINIMUM >= 85 % all year
003Solids, total suspendedMO AVG report only all year
003Solids, total suspendedWKLY AVG report only all year
003Solids, total suspendedMO AVG report only all year
003Solids, total suspendedWKLY AVG report only all year
003Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantMO AVG <= 1.25 MGD all year
003Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantWKLY AVG <= 1.56 MGD all year
003Solids, sludge, total, dry weightMO TOTAL report only all year
003BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]MO AVG report only all year
003BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]WKLY AVG report only all year
003BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]MO AVG report only all year
003BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]WKLY AVG report only all year
003BOD, carbonaceous, percent removalMINIMUM >= 85 % all year
003Solids, suspended percent removalMINIMUM >= 85 % all year
004Temperature, water deg. fahrenheitMO MIN report only all year
004Temperature, water deg. fahrenheitMO AVG report only all year
004Temperature, water deg. fahrenheitMO MAX report only all year
004Temperature, water deg. fahrenheitMO MIN report only all year
004Temperature, water deg. fahrenheitMO AVG report only all year
004Temperature, water deg. fahrenheitMO MAX report only all year
004Temperature Increase Deg. FDAILY MX <= 0 deg F all year

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