Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0025445
DRY CREEK WWTP, Pittsburg, TX: NPDES TX0025445 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 8Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
DRY CREEK WWTP, held by PITTSBURG, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit TX0025445, which discharges to Big Cypress Creek Below Lake Bob Sandlin. EPA’s file records it issued March 30, 2021 and expiring March 30, 2026. 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 | DRY CREEK WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | PITTSBURG, CITY OF |
| NPDES ID | TX0025445 |
| 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 | March 30, 2021 |
| Expiration date | March 30, 2026 |
| Address | Pittsburg, TX 75686 |
| Receiving water | Big Cypress Creek Below Lake Bob Sandlin |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Walkers Creek-Big Cypress Creek (HUC 111403050303) |
| 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
- 37Pollutants on file
- 8Under a numeric limit
- 37With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 92 | 85 | July 31, 2026 | 99,999% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 57 | 40 | March 31, 2025 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 26 | 11 | May 31, 2019 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 3 | 30 | 9 | January 31, 2023 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 16 | 2 | October 31, 2008 | 257% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 3 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, dry weight | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr] | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 3 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, dry weight | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dry weight | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dry weight | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Level of pathogen requirements achieved | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Description of pathogen option used | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Vector attraction reduction alternative used | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt sludge transported interstate | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt of sludge incinerated | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Annual sludge production, total | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Annual amount of sludge land applied | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Fecal coliform | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Unit w/liner/leachate collection system | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Boundary areas | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Salmonella | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Pollutant table from 503.13 | 0 | 3 | 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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| February 7, 2017 | 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.