City Of Atlanta Cso West Area
Atlanta, GA 30305 · Fulton County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- —
- Design flow
- 85 MGD
- NPDES permit
- GA0038644
- Administratively continued
- Permit expires
- August 2020
- Population served
- 27,640
- CWNS 2022
City Of Atlanta Cso West Area is a publicly owned wastewater treatment plant in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, serving about 27,640 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit GA0038644 (administratively continued), which expires in August 2020, with 0 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 2 formal enforcement actions naming the plant, the latest in November 2013.
Treatment technology
4 treatment structures and unit processes identified at City Of Atlanta Cso West Area.
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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 0
- Effluent violations
- 0
Based on NPDES Discharge Monitoring Reports. Full violation history, parameters and discharge data available in the Klarifi platform.
EPA enforcement history
Federal civil enforcement cases, compliance inspections and informal actions recorded for City Of Atlanta Cso West Area in EPA's ICIS system.
- Formal actions
- 2
- 0 since FY2020
- Penalties assessed
- $2.2M
- all cases
- Compliance actions
- $1,150M
- required by EPA orders
- EPA inspections
- 0
- none on record
Latest case · Nov 2013
ATLANTA DEPARTMENT OF WATERSHED MANAGEMENT
Administrative order · CERCLA, EPCRA, Emergency Release Notification Section 313 Program · Final Order With Penalty · Penalty $12,952
Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 04-2013-2039.
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Every action against City Of Atlanta Cso West Area with dates, milestones, violation types and EPA's complete case summaries, plus inspections and informal actions.
Capital improvement projects in Atlanta
Atlanta's capital improvement plan lists 90 water, sewer and wastewater line items worth $3.1B starting 2026–2026. The largest budgeted items are shown here.
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| Project | Budget | Years |
|---|---|---|
| North Fork Storage Project | $454,341,290 | 2026–2030 |
| Sanitary Sewer - Annual Contract | $257,762,544 | 2026–2030 |
| Custer Avenue Combined Sewer Overflow Capacity Relief | $174,461,177 | 2026–2030 |
| Department of Watershed Management Water Surcharge | $163,543,961 | 2026–2030 |
| Most Phase 3 Stormwater Projects | $156,725,754 | 2026–2030 |
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
Decision-makers at City Of Atlanta Cso West Area.
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City Of Atlanta Cso West Area: 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 October 19, 2026; facility record last updated September 13, 2026.
Wastewater terms: POTW · MGD · NPDES permit · Inflow and infiltration · Equalization tank · Centrate · all terms