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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0025682

ARANSAS PASS WWTP, Aransas Pass, TX: NPDES TX0025682 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ARANSAS PASS WWTP, held by ARANSAS PASS, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit TX0025682, which discharges to Redfish Bay;Effluent Discharge Habitat. EPA’s file records it issued August 8, 2018 and expiring August 8, 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 filedARANSAS PASS WWTP
Permittee as filedARANSAS PASS, CITY OF
NPDES IDTX0025682
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 8, 2018
Expiration dateAugust 8, 2023
AddressAransas Pass, TX 78335
Receiving waterREDFISH BAY;EFFLUENT DISCHARGE HABITAT
SubwatershedAransas Bay (HUC 121004050400)
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
Enterococci29569July 31, 20266,813% over the limit
Solids, total suspended35317April 30, 20232,927% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant45010June 30, 2026220% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual23210June 30, 20217,500% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C3385October 31, 201899,999% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1161April 30, 200325% over the limit
pH3300
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (Mysidopsis bahia)2260
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)2240
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (Mysidopsis bahia)2230
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)2230
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)2230
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)2220
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia2200
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia2200
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia2170
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia2170
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia2170
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia2160
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
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)170
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Menidia menidia170
Nickel, total [as Ni]260
Level of pathogen requirements achieved260
Description of pathogen option used260
Vector attraction reduction alternative used260
Fecal coliform140
Boundary areas140
Salmonella140
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1330
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2330
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]130
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure130
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method130
Annual amt of sludge incinerated130
Annual sludge production, total130
Annual amount of sludge land applied130
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit130
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill130
Annual amt sludge transported interstate130
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system130
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement130
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
May 21, 2026Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
January 29, 2026Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
January 20, 2026Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
January 18, 2024Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
July 1, 2022Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
November 3, 2021Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
July 10, 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 NPDES permit TX0025682 for the ARANSAS PASS WWTP in Aransas Pass, TX, held by ARANSAS PASS, CITY OF, which discharges to REDFISH BAY;EFFLUENT DISCHARGE HABITAT in the Aransas Bay subwatershed (HUC 121004050400). The page lists a permit status of administratively continued, a Major Discharger class, 6 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 53 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.