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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0047210

NORTH TEXAS REGIONAL AIRPORT WWTP, Denison, TX: NPDES TX0047210 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

NORTH TEXAS REGIONAL AIRPORT WWTP, held by DENISON, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit TX0047210, which discharges to Unnamed Trib, Big Mineral Arm Of Lake Texoma. EPA’s file records it issued December 22, 2017 and expiring December 22, 2020. 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 filedNORTH TEXAS REGIONAL AIRPORT WWTP
Permittee as filedDENISON, CITY OF
NPDES IDTX0047210
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
IssuedDecember 22, 2017
Expiration dateDecember 22, 2020
AddressDenison, TX 75020
Receiving waterUNNAMED TRIB, BIG MINERAL ARM OF LAKE TEXOMA
SubwatershedHarris Creek (HUC 111302100402)
Program components on filePOTW, Pretreatment
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
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C3145June 30, 2019110% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual282December 31, 201143% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]142March 31, 20136% over the limit
E. coli222June 30, 2026514% over the limit
pH381July 31, 2015
Solids, total suspended390
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant280
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas240
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas240
Arsenic, dry weight520
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]520
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2320
Nickel, total [as Ni]220
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas220
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas220
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas220
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia220
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pinephales promelas220
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia220
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia220
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]120
Level of pathogen requirements achieved210
Description of pathogen option used210
Vector attraction reduction alternative used210
Fecal coliform110
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill110
Annual amt sludge transported interstate110
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system110
Boundary areas110
Salmonella110
Selenium, dry weight300
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1300
Copper, dry weight300
Cadmium, dry weight300
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]300
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]300
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]300
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]300
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]300
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia200
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia200
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia200
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure100
Annual whole sludge application rate100
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method100
Annual amt of sludge incinerated100
Annual sludge production, total100
Annual amount of sludge land applied100
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit100
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement100
Pollutant table from 503.13100
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute D. Pulex100
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales promelas100

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
December 17, 2025Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
September 16, 2021Permit 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 TX0047210 for the NORTH TEXAS REGIONAL AIRPORT WWTP in Denison, TX, held by DENISON, CITY OF, with its discharge to Unnamed Trib, Big Mineral Arm Of Lake Texoma. The permit is listed as administratively continued and a Major Discharger, with 5 pollutants under a numeric limit and 5 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.