Athens-Clarke County (north Oconee Wrf)
Athens, GA · Clarke County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 6.81 MGD
- Design flow
- 14 MGD
- NPDES permit
- GA0021725
- Effective
- Permit expires
- January 2031
- Population served
- 56,115
- CWNS 2022
Athens-Clarke County (north Oconee Wrf) is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Athens, Clarke County, Georgia treating an average of 6.81 million gallons per day against a permitted design capacity of 14 MGD, serving about 56,115 residents. Treatment on site includes clarifiers, biosolids mechanical dewatering, lagoon, aerobic, primary clarification or sedimentation, screening. It discharges under NPDES permit GA0021725 (effective), which expires in January 2031, with 7 recorded violations in the last three years. Planned upgrades on record: biosolids anaerobic digestion without energy recovery, filtration, media filtration.
Treatment technology
Treatment structures identified at this facility. Exact unit counts are available in Klarifi.
Clarifiers
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Biosolids Mechanical Dewatering
unit processLagoon, Aerobic
unit processPrimary Clarification or Sedimentation
unit processScreening
unit processBiosolids Anaerobic Digestion without Energy Recovery
planned upgradeFiltration
planned upgradeMedia Filtration
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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 7
- Effluent violations
- 7
Based on NPDES Discharge Monitoring Reports. Full violation history, parameters and discharge data available in the Klarifi platform.
Key contacts
24 verified contacts for Athens-Clarke County (north Oconee Wrf), with validated emails and direct phone numbers.
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Names, validated emails and direct phone numbers for decision-makers at Athens-Clarke County (north Oconee Wrf), plus the full compliance history and discharge data.
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Statham · 14 mi away
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Danielsville · 15 mi away
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Comer · 16 mi away
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Jefferson · 16 mi away
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Monroe · 18 mi away
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Athens-Clarke County (north Oconee Wrf): frequently asked questions
Sources and methodology
Flow, permit and violation figures come from the EPA's ICIS-NPDES discharge monitoring records. Population served comes from the Clean Watersheds Needs Survey 2022. Treatment structures are identified by Klarifi's review of aerial imagery, and capital improvement projects are extracted from published municipal budget documents. Violations are counted over the last three years of monitoring reports.
Data refreshed September 11, 2026; facility record last updated March 7, 2025.