Chlorine disinfection: wastewater treatment plants in Georgia
10 plants · 4% of the state · 39 MGD reported by 9 plants
Klarifi identifies 10 publicly owned wastewater treatment plants with chlorine disinfection in Georgia, 4% of the 256 plants in the state (39 MGD reported by 9 plants). The largest is Pole Bridge Creek Advanced Wastewater Facility in Lithonia at 28.92 MGD.
Chlorine or chloramine disinfection, often followed by dechlorination before discharge, remains the most common effluent disinfection in the United States. Plants on gas chlorine are candidates for conversion to hypochlorite or UV, a recurring capital project driven by safety rules and permit limits on residual chlorine.
The largest plants with chlorine disinfection in Georgia
| # | Facility | City | Avg flow (MGD) | NPDES permit | Expires | Violations (3y) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pole Bridge Creek Advanced Wastewater Facility | Lithonia | 28.92 | GA0026816 | Mar 2029 | 4 |
| 2 | Long Cane Creek Water Pollution Control Plant | Lagrange | 4.54 | GA0036951 | Oct 2028 | 2 |
| 3 | Cordele, City Of (gum Creek Wpcp) | Cordele | 2.11 | GA0024503 | Jul 2027 | 24 |
| 4 | Bainbridge WPCP | Bainbridge | 1.21 | GA0024678 | Feb 2024 | 1 |
| 5 | Waynesboro, City Of (brier Creek Wpcp) | Waynesboro | 0.97 | GA0038466 | May 2024 | 2 |
| 6 | City Of Adairsville (north Wpcp) | Adairsville | 0.82 | GA0046035 | Jun 2026 | 24 |
| 7 | Senoia, City Of (keg Creek Wpcp) | Senoia | 0.24 | GA0050298 | Oct 2025 | 350 |
| 8 | Reynolds, City Of (reynolds Wpcp) | Reynolds | 0.09 | GA0020729 | Nov 2027 | 28 |
| 9 | Franklin Springs, City Of (franklin Springs Wpcp) | Royston | 0.04 | GA0050172 | Mar 2031 | 58 |
| 10 | City Of Atlanta Cso West Area | Atlanta | — | GA0038644 | Aug 2020 | 0 |
Contacts and project signals for every plant on this list
Klarifi adds verified decision-maker contacts, permit limits, discharge monitoring data and the capital projects planned in each city, filterable by technology, size and compliance record.
Other technologies in Georgia
Chlorine disinfection in other states
Chlorine disinfection in Georgia: 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 26, 2026.
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