Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0002089

CITY OF GLADEWATER WWTF, Upshur County, TX: NPDES TX0002089 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
3Pollutants under a numeric limit
3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

CITY OF GLADEWATER WWTF, held by GLADEWATER, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit TX0002089, which discharges to Unnamed Trib, Glade Creek, Sabine River Below Lake. EPA’s file records it issued March 7, 2016 and expiring March 1, 2021.

CITY OF GLADEWATER WWTF, Upshur County, Texas: Individual permit TX0002089, held by GLADEWATER, CITY OF; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued March 7, 2016, term to March 1, 2021; discharges to UNNAMED TRIB, GLADE CREEK, SABINE RIVER BELOW LAKE.

Solids, total suspended: 3 limits, 247 violations of any kind, 225 effluent exceedances, latest February 28, 2026, largest 2,344% over the limit.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 84 violations of any kind, 67 effluent exceedances, latest September 30, 2011, largest 1,047% over the limit.
pH: 2 limits, 48 violations of any kind, 30 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2026.

May 8, 2026: Under Review (State).
February 24, 2026: Under Review (State).
April 11, 2019: Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment (ST6).

Other permits held by GLADEWATER, CITY OF

CITY OF GLADEWATER WWTF, Gladewater: TX0022438, issued April 11, 2016

CITY OF GLADEWATER WWTF among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 2 discharge permits in the Lake Gladewater-Glade Creek subwatershed (HUC 120100020402), TX0002089 among them. Its county holds 26, 1 of them major permits; TX0002089 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Lake Gladewater-Glade Creek subwatershed (HUC 120100020402)

UNION GROVE ISD WWTF, City Of Gladewater: TX0102997, minor permit, discharging to UNNAMED TRIB, WOOD LAKE, VICTORY BRANCH, GLADE CK,, permit term to May 19, 2026

Identity

Facility as filed	CITY OF GLADEWATER WWTF
Permittee as filed	GLADEWATER, CITY OF
NPDES ID	TX0002089
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	March 7, 2016
Expiration date	March 1, 2021
Address	Upshur County, TX 75647
Receiving water	UNNAMED TRIB, GLADE CREEK, SABINE RIVER BELOW LAKE
Subwatershed	Lake Gladewater-Glade Creek (HUC 120100020402)

Effluent limits and exceedances

3Pollutants on file
3Under a numeric limit
3With a violation of any kind
3With an effluent exceedance

An effluent exceedance is a discharge monitoring report value over the permit’s numeric limit (EPA’s violation code E90). A violation of any kind also counts a report not filed. Each row is EPA’s own count for that pollutant.

Pollutant or measure	Limits	Violations, any kind	Effluent exceedances	Latest exceedance	Largest exceedance, as filed
Solids, total suspended	3	247	225	February 28, 2026	2,344% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	84	67	September 30, 2011	1,047% over the limit
pH	2	48	30	June 30, 2026

Inspections, violations and enforcement

1Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
April 11, 2019	Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment	ST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TX0002089.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
May 8, 2026	Under Review	State
February 24, 2026	Under Review	State

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES TX0002089 for the CITY OF GLADEWATER WWTF in Upshur County, Texas, held by GLADEWATER, CITY OF, with its status shown as administratively continued and its discharger class as 3. The page lists 3 pollutants under a numeric limit and 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit's issue and expiration dates as recorded in EPA's file.