Canton, City Of (canton Wpcp)
Canton, GA · Cherokee County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 2.62 MGD
- Design flow
- 7 MGD
- NPDES permit
- GA0025674
- Administratively continued
- Permit expires
- September 2025
- Population served
- 16,558
- CWNS 2022
Canton, City Of (canton Wpcp) is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Canton, Cherokee County, Georgia treating an average of 2.62 million gallons per day against a permitted design capacity of 7 MGD, serving about 16,558 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit GA0025674 (administratively continued), which expires in September 2025, with 89 recorded violations in the last three years.
Treatment technology
Treatment structures identified at this facility. Exact unit counts are available in Klarifi.
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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 89
- Effluent violations
- 89
Based on NPDES Discharge Monitoring Reports. Full violation history, parameters and discharge data available in the Klarifi platform.
Capital improvement projects in Canton
Canton's capital improvement plan lists 22 water, sewer and wastewater line items worth $19M starting 2026–2026. The largest budgeted items are shown here.
All water and sewer capital projects in Canton →
| Project | Budget | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Plant Expansion | $9,112,710 | 2026–2026 |
| Ridge Pine Elevated Water Tank | $7,700,000 | 2026–2026 |
| 1575 Water Main Extension | $752,000 | 2026–2026 |
| Odor Control at Great Sky | $600,000 | 2026–2026 |
| Plant Upgrade | $250,000 | 2026–2026 |
Full project details — scope, funding source, engineering consultant and the decision-makers behind each project — are available in Klarifi, along with similar wastewater capital projects in other cities.
Key contacts
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Canton, City Of (canton Wpcp): 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 January 23, 2025.