GA-EPD wastewater permits [Up]

National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) wastewater permits include schedules of testing, with permissable levels, so we need to see those permits. You'd think they'd be on the EPA or GA-EPD website, but....

The U.S. EPA has delegated NPDES permitting to Georgia. You can get draft wastewater permits right off the GA-EPD website, but to get the actual current approved permits, you must get GA-EPD to send them to you. I found this out from Audra Dickson, Wastewater Regulatory Program Manager. I asked her for permits for half a dozen cities and one county, and the next day Alyssa Thomson, Environmental Specialist, Wastewater Regulatory Program, Municipal Permitting Unit, sent them via email.

They're on the WWALS website now.

• Adel
• Alapaha added 2021-04-02
• Georgia Sheriffs' Boys Ranch added 2021-04-26
• Hahira
• Lakeland added 2021-03-17
• Lenox added 2021-05-23
• Lowndes County
• Moody AFB added 2021-03-18
• Moultrie
• Nashville added 2021-05-04
• Quitman
• Ray City added 2021-03-15
• Tifton
• Valdosta

For why this list, see the WWALS blog post.

How to get draft permits from the GA-EPD website

On the right-hand menu, click on GEOS: Georgia EPD Online System and Public Inquiry Portal. Do not log in!

In the middle down a bit click on Public Inquiry Portal: Search for Applications and Permits Submitted in GEOS.

Once you get there, Under Program select Wastewater, and put in whatever you've got to search for: permit number, city, or other.

Do not click "Permit Issued Only" because that doesn't do what you might think.

Click Submit.

 -jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®

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