Cherokee County Water & Sewerage Authority

NPDES permit GA0046451 · Major POTW · expired, expires 2026-01-31 · EPA's file as of 2026-09-19

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This permit expired on 2026-01-31 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
0required values missing, on 0 form(s)
0of 22 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 (55)

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]MINIMUM >= 6 mg/L all year
001BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. CMO AVG <= 6.7 mg/L all year
001BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. CWKLY AVG <= 10 mg/L all year
001BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. CMO AVG <= 152 kg/d all year
001BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. CWKLY AVG <= 190 kg/d all year
001BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. CMO AVG report only all year
001BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. CWKLY AVG report only all year
001BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. CMO AVG report only all year
001BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. CWKLY AVG report only 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 <= 227 kg/d all year
001Solids, total suspendedWKLY AVG <= 284 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 <= 1.3 mg/L all year
001Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]WKLY AVG <= 2 mg/L all year
001Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]MO AVG <= 30 kg/d all year
001Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]WKLY AVG <= 37 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 <= .36 mg/L all year
001Phosphorus, total [as P]WKLY AVG <= .54 mg/L all year
001Phosphorus, total [as P]MO AVG <= 8.2 kg/d all year
001Phosphorus, total [as P]WKLY AVG <= 10.2 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 <= .4 mg/L all year
001E. coliMOAV GEO <= 126 #/100mL all year
001E. coliWE <= 252 #/100mL all year
001Solids, sludge, total, dry weightMO TOTAL report only all year
001BOD, 5-day, 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
002TurbidityMAXIMUM <= 3 NTU all year
002BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. CMO AVG <= 5 mg/L all year
002BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. CMO AVG report only all year
002pHMINIMUM >= 6 SU all year
002pHMAXIMUM <= 9 SU all year
002Solids, total suspendedMO AVG <= 5 mg/L all year
002Solids, total suspendedMO AVG report only all year
002Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantMO AVG <= 6 MGD all year
002Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantWKLY AVG <= 7.5 MGD all year
002Coliform, fecal generalMOAV GEO <= 23 #/100mL all year
002Coliform, fecal generalMAXIMUM <= 100 #/100mL all year

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