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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0024635

CITY OF GRAHAM WWTP, Graham, TX: NPDES TX0024635 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CITY OF GRAHAM WWTP, held by CITY GRAHAM, holds NPDES permit TX0024635, which discharges to Drainage Ditch;Salt Creek;Brazos Ri. EPA’s file records it issued August 20, 2020 and expiring August 20, 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 filedCITY OF GRAHAM WWTP
Permittee as filedCITY GRAHAM
NPDES IDTX0024635
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedAugust 20, 2020
Expiration dateAugust 20, 2023
AddressGraham, TX 76450
Receiving waterDRAINAGE DITCH;SALT CREEK;BRAZOS RI
SubwatershedLake Graham-Salt Creek (HUC 120602010107)
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]66051June 30, 2025640% over the limit
E. coli24539May 31, 2026507% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant42311May 31, 202518% over the limit
Solids, total suspended6166June 30, 201272% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual2104August 31, 20063,486% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]6123June 30, 201923% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]163February 28, 202111% over the limit
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia2100
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia2100
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia280
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia280
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia280
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas280
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas280
pH260
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia260
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute D. Pulex160
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales promelas160
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas240
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas240
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas240
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pinephales promelas240
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]010
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1300
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2300

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
September 23, 2020Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
October 3, 2018Permit 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 Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES TX0024635 for the CITY OF GRAHAM WWTP in Graham, TX, held by CITY GRAHAM, which is administratively continued and classed as a Major Discharger. The page lists 24 as the discharger class figure, 7 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 7 pollutants with an effluent exceedance. The permit's issue and expiration dates, August 20, 2020 and August 20, 2023, are as the EPA permit file stood when the record was loaded.