Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0020249
ACADEMY WWTP, Little River-Academy, TX: NPDES TX0020249 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 37Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ACADEMY WWTP, held by BELL COUNTY WCID 2, holds NPDES permit TX0020249, which discharges to Via Pipe To Boggy Creek; Little River. EPA’s file records it issued July 1, 2019 and expiring June 30, 2024. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | ACADEMY WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BELL COUNTY WCID 2 |
| NPDES ID | TX0020249 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | July 1, 2019 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2024 |
| Address | Little River-Academy, TX 76554 |
| Receiving water | VIA PIPE TO BOGGY CREEK; LITTLE RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Boggy Creek-Little River (HUC 120702040101) |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 39Pollutants on file
- 37Under a numeric limit
- 38With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. coli | 2 | 132 | 112 | June 30, 2026 | 12,182% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 108 | 80 | July 31, 2026 | 4,423% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 58 | 52 | April 30, 2009 | 806% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 56 | 30 | October 31, 2025 | 98% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 13 | 1 | March 31, 2023 | 240% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 0 | 3 | 1 | October 31, 2012 | 220% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 3 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, dry weight | 5 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr] | 5 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, dry weight | 3 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dry weight | 3 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dry weight | 3 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 3 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 3 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 3 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 3 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 3 | 9 | 0 | ||
| pH | 3 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Level of pathogen requirements achieved | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Description of pathogen option used | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Vector attraction reduction alternative used | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Fecal coliform | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Salmonella | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Pollutant table from 503.13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt of sludge incinerated | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Annual sludge production, total | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Annual amount of sludge land applied | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt sludge transported interstate | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Unit w/liner/leachate collection system | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Boundary areas | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Annual whole sludge application rate | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES limits and effluent violations files (ECHO download); up to 60 rows shown, most exceedances first.
Inspections, violations and enforcement
- 4Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| January 18, 2024 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| May 24, 2023 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| November 13, 2019 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| March 19, 2019 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not include the inspections, formal enforcement actions and informal enforcement actions files, so this page shows none of them. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO lists this permit’s inspections, enforcement actions and penalties.
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES violation, inspection and enforcement files (ECHO download); up to 50 rows of each shown, newest first.
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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.