Another Georgia city at the top of the Alapaha River Basin seemed to have fixed its problems, yet it spilled again: Ashburn, in Turner County.
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The Georgia Environmental Protection Division (GA-EPD) used to know that this Ashburn Airport WPCP and its Hat Creek are in the Alapaha River Basin in the Suwannee River Basin: PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 2017–02 ML JANUARY 20, 2017,
I. NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR A NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMIT TO DISCHARGE TREATED WASTEWATER INTO WATERS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA
NPDES permits are valid for a maximum of five years. Prior to expiration of an existing permit, a new application must be submitted and evaluated.
An antidegradation analysis is conducted, as applicable, for new or expanded point source discharges that are proposed. The analysis evaluates whether allowing lower water quality is necessary to accommodate important economic or social development in the area in which the waters are located. In all cases, existing instream water uses and the level of water quality necessary to protect the existing use is maintained and protected.
All municipalities must be in compliance with the Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA) Service Delivery Strategy in order to receive a permit.
Having reviewed such applications, the Environmental Protection Division (EPD) is considering the issuance of NPDES permits to the following applicants, subject to specific pollutant limitations and special conditions.
NPDES PERMIT REISSUANCE
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TURNER COUNTY
City of Ashburn, P. O. Box 766, Ashburn, Georgia, 31714, NPDES Permit No. GA0025852, for the City of Ashburn Airport Water Pollution Control Plant located at 410 Rockhouse Road, Ashburn, Georgia 31714. Up to 1.16 MGD of treated wastewater is being discharged to the Hat Creek in the Suwanee River Basin.
Ashburn Airport WPCP on the Alapaha River Water Trail map.
Ashburn is quite high up in the Alapaha River Basin. It seems unlikely its sewage would ever reach the Alapaha River, much less the Suwannee River. Spills are still not good, though.
Context on the
Alapaha River Water Trail map.
Table of Ashburn spills, 2015 through 2019-02-04
This most recent spill only showed up in GA-EPD’s Sewage Spill Reports today, two weeks after it occured. It’s almost three years since “Equipment failure” was last the “SPILL PRIMARY CAUSE”.
| BEGIN DATE | FACILITY NAME | COUNTY | CITY | OVERFLOW LOCATION | QUANTITY GALLONS | OVERFLOW TYPE | PERMIT NUMBER | SPILL SOURCE | SPILL PRIMARY CAUSE | RIVER BASIN | WATERWAY IMPACTED |
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| 2019-01-22 | Ashburn, City of (Airport WPCP) | Turner | Ashburn | Ashburn WWTP | 5,000 | Raw Sewage | GA0025852 | Collection System | Equipment failure | Unknown | Hat Creek |
| 2018-04-16 | Ashburn, City of (Airport WPCP) | Turner | Ashburn | Rockhouse Rd and Sylvia Dr. | 150,000 | Raw Sewage | GA0025852 | Collection System | Suwannee | ||
| 2018-01-30 | Ashburn, City of (Airport WPCP) | Turner | Ashburn | Influent Lift Station | 2,000 | Raw Sewage | Collection System | Debris | Hat Creek | ||
| 2017-07-17 | Ashburn, City of (Airport WPCP) | Turner | Ashburn | Sylvia Dr. and Rockhouse Rd | 70,000 | Raw Sewage | GA0025852 | Collection System | Wet weather | Suwannee | Hat Creek |
| 2017-07-16 | Ashburn, City of (Airport WPCP) | Turner | Ashburn | Sylvia Dr. and Rockhouse Rd | 60,000 | Raw Sewage | GA0025852 | Collection System | Wet weather | Suwannee | Hat Creek |
| 2017-05-16 | Ashburn, City of (Airport WPCP) | Turner | ashburn | MLK Lift Station | 300,000 | Raw Sewage | Collection System | Wet weather | Suwannee | ashburn Branch | |
| 2017-02-02 | Ashburn, City of (Airport WPCP) | Turner | Ashburn | Sylvia Dr. and Rockhouse Rd. | 2,000 | Raw Sewage | Collection System | Rags | Hat Creek | ||
| 2017-01-27 | Ashburn, City of (Airport WPCP) | Turner | Ashburn | Sylvia Dr. and Rockhouse Rd. | 950,000 | Raw Sewage | Collection System | Wet weather | Suwannee | Hat Creek | |
| 2017-01-27 | Ashburn, City of (Airport WPCP) | Turner | Ashburn | Sylvia Dr. and Rockhouse Rd. | 950,000 | Raw Sewage | Collection System | Wet weather | Suwannee | Hat Creek | |
| 2017-01-21 | Ashburn, City of (Airport WPCP) | Turner | Ashburn | Sylvia Dr. and Rockhouse Rd. | 150,000 | Raw Sewage | Collection System | Wet weather | Suwannee | Hat Creek | |
| 2016-12-08 | Ashburn, City of (Airport WPCP) | Turner | Ashburn | Sylvia Dr. and Rockhouse Rd. | 350,000 | Raw Sewage | Collection System | Wet weather | Ocmulgee | Hat Creek | |
| 2016-12-05 | Ashburn, City of (Airport WPCP) | Turner | Ashburn | MLK Lift Station | 150,000 | Raw Sewage | Collection System | Ashburn Branch | |||
| 2016-03-14 | Ashburn, City of (Airport WPCP) | Turner | Ashburn | MLK LIft Station | 25,000 | Raw Sewage | Collection System | Equipment failure | Suwannee | Ashburn Branch | |
| 2015-12-10 | Ashburn, City of (Airport WPCP) | Turner | Ashburn | 5,000 | Raw Sewage | Collection System | Rags | Ocmulgee | Ashburn Branch | ||
| 2015-04-15 | Ashburn, City of (Airport WPCP) | Turner | Ashburn | Rockhouse Rd. and Sylvia Dr. | 5,000 | Raw Sewage | Collection System | Wet weather | Suwannee | Hat Creek | |
| 2015-02-26 | Ashburn, City of (Airport WPCP) | Turner | Ashburn | Rockhouse Rd. and Syvia Dr. | 70,000 | Raw Sewage | Collection System | Wet weather | Suwannee | Hat Creek | |
| 2015-01-23 | Ashburn, City of (Airport WPCP) | Turner | Ashburn | Rockhouse Road and Sylvia Dr. | 90,000 | Raw Sewage | Collection System | Wet weather | Suwannee | Hat Creek | |
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