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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0023299

SAVOY WWTP, Savoy, TX: NPDES TX0023299 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SAVOY WWTP, held by CITY OF SOVOY, holds NPDES permit TX0023299, which discharges to Unnamed Trib;Valley Lake;Brushy Creek;Red River. EPA’s file records it issued May 21, 2018 and expiring May 21, 2023. 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 filedSAVOY WWTP
Permittee as filedCITY OF SOVOY
NPDES IDTX0023299
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedMay 21, 2018
Expiration dateMay 21, 2023
AddressSavoy, TX 75479
Receiving waterUNNAMED TRIB;VALLEY LAKE;BRUSHY CREEK;RED RIVER
SubwatershedValley Lake (HUC 111401010403)
SIC4952 – 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

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]3142134May 31, 2025797% over the limit
Solids, total suspended310387February 28, 20237,219% over the limit
E. coli28573February 29, 202018,948% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]37063December 31, 20241,097% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant24528May 31, 2024104,715,528% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C03223August 31, 2008234% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual23117November 30, 201996% over the limit
pH3182May 31, 2025
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1102June 30, 201393% over the limit
Arsenic, dry weight5150
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]5150
Selenium, dry weight390
Copper, dry weight390
Cadmium, dry weight390
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]390
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]390
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]390
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]390
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]390
Nickel, total [as Ni]260
Level of pathogen requirements achieved260
Description of pathogen option used260
Vector attraction reduction alternative used260
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]140
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure140
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method140
Annual amt of sludge incinerated140
Annual sludge production, total140
Annual amount of sludge land applied140
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit140
Annual amt sludge transported interstate140
Fecal coliform130
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill130
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system130
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement130
Boundary areas130
Salmonella130
Pollutant table from 503.13130
Annual whole sludge application rate100

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
October 12, 2021Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
May 23, 2017Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers the NPDES TX0023299 Clean Water Act discharge permit for the SAVOY WWTP in Savoy, TX, held by CITY OF SOVOY, which is listed as administratively continued and a minor discharger. The page lists 9 pollutants under a numeric limit and 9 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with 39 pollutants listed in the effluent limits and exceedances section.