Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0047414
POLLARD CREEK WWTP, Mineral Wells, TX: NPDES TX0047414 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 54Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 3Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
POLLARD CREEK WWTP, held by MINERAL WELLS, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit TX0047414, which discharges to Brazos River Below Possum Kingdom. EPA’s file records it issued February 13, 2019 and expiring February 13, 2024.
POLLARD CREEK WWTP, Mineral Wells, Texas: Individual permit TX0047414, held by MINERAL WELLS, CITY OF; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued February 13, 2019, term to February 13, 2024; discharges to Brazos River Below Possum Kingdom.
- Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 3 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 5 effluent exceedances, latest May 31, 2011, largest 83% over the limit.
- E. coli: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest May 31, 2015, largest 506% over the limit.
- BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 3 limits, 7 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest June 30, 2007, largest 35% over the limit.
- Solids, total suspended: 3 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest June 30, 2007, largest 47% over the limit.
- Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 4 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia: 4 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia: 4 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia: 4 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- pH: 3 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Chlorine, total residual: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas: 4 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas: 4 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas: 4 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Annual amt of sludge incinerated: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Annual sludge production, total: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Annual amount of sludge land applied: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Annual amt sludge transported interstate: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1: 7 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2: 7 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Arsenic, dry weight: 5 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]: 5 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pinephales promelas: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Selenium, dry weight: 3 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Copper, dry weight: 3 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Cadmium, dry weight: 3 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]: 3 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]: 3 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]: 3 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]: 3 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]: 3 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Nickel, total [as Ni]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Level of pathogen requirements achieved: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Description of pathogen option used: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Vector attraction reduction alternative used: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Fecal coliform: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Annual whole sludge application rate: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Unit w/liner/leachate collection system: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Boundary areas: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Salmonella: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Pollutant table from 503.13: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute D. Pulex: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales promelas: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- May 11, 2026: Follow-Up (S).
- April 22, 2026: Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment (ST6).
- April 22, 2026: Focused (S).
- February 18, 2026: Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment (ST6).
- February 18, 2026: Evaluation (S).
- November 15, 2017: Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment (ST6).
Texas holds 1,720 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 1,009 were issued before TX0047414. MINERAL WELLS, CITY OF holds 2 permits in Texas.
Other permits held by MINERAL WELLS, CITY OF
- WILLOW CREEK WWTP, Parker County: TX0023779, issued June 5, 2019
Coverages issued nearest TX0047414
- February 11, 2019: CITY OF WHITE OAK WWTP, White Oak, TX0026531, held by WHITE OAK, CITY OF
- February 11, 2019: CITY OF WHITEWRIGHT WWTP, Whitewright, TX0033294, held by WHITEWRIGHT, CITY OF
- February 11, 2019: CITY OF WILLIS WWTP, Montgomery County, TX0068845, held by WILLIS, CITY OF
- February 11, 2019: STILLHOUSE BRANCH WWTP, Coryell County, TX0111791, held by GATESVILLE, CITY OF
- February 11, 2019: STEEP BANK FLAT BANK CREEK WWTP, Missouri City, TX0114855, held by MISSOURI CITY, CITY OF
- February 14, 2019: BREMOND WWTP, Bremond, TX0023442, held by BREMOND, CITY OF
- February 19, 2019: CITY OF WHITESBORO WWTP, Whitesboro, TX0023566, held by WHITESBORO, CITY OF
- February 25, 2019: CITY OF NASSAU BAY WWTP, Nassau Bay, TX0023833, held by NASSAU BAY, CITY OF
- February 25, 2019: NORTHWEST HARRIS COUNTY MUD 24 WWTP, Houston, TX0092312, held by NW HARRIS COUNTY MUD 24
- February 26, 2019: TERRAMAR WWTP, Galveston, TX0066125, held by GALVESTON, CITY OF
POLLARD CREEK WWTP among its neighbors
EPA’s permit file holds 8 discharge permits in the Pollard Creek-Brazos River subwatershed (HUC 120602011002), TX0047414 among them. Its county holds 50, 1 of them major permits; TX0047414 is a major permit.
Other permits in the Pollard Creek-Brazos River subwatershed (HUC 120602011002)
- ARMANDA ESTATES, Mineral Wells: TXR1536VR, minor permit, discharging to WHATLEY CREEK, permit term to March 4, 2028
- CANTEX, Mineral Wells: TXR05FN06, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2026
- LINE WA LOOP PHASE 2 HAYGOOD LANDFARMS, Mineral Wells: TXR1519VI, minor permit, discharging to WHATLEY CREEK, permit term to March 4, 2028
- LINE WA LOOP PHASE 2 LAYDOWN YARD, Mineral Wells: TXR1523VK, minor permit, discharging to WHATLEY CREEK, permit term to March 4, 2028
- LINE WA LOOP PHASE 2 LAYDOWN YARD, Mineral Wells: TXR1539VJ, minor permit, discharging to WHATLEY CREEK, permit term to March 4, 2028
- MINERAL WELLS FACILITY, Mineral Wells: TXR05GP81, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2026
- POLLARD CREEK WWTP, Mineral Wells: TXR05HA91, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2026
Identity
| Facility as filed | POLLARD CREEK WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | MINERAL WELLS, CITY OF |
| NPDES ID | TX0047414 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | February 13, 2019 |
| Expiration date | February 13, 2024 |
| Address | Mineral Wells, TX 76067 |
| Receiving water | Brazos River Below Possum Kingdom |
| Subwatershed | Pollard Creek-Brazos River (HUC 120602011002) |
| Program components on file | POTW, Pretreatment |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 54Pollutants on file
- 54Under a numeric limit
- 24With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 3 | 8 | 5 | May 31, 2011 | 83% over the limit |
| E. coli | 2 | 2 | 2 | May 31, 2015 | 506% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 3 | 7 | 1 | June 30, 2007 | 35% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 4 | 1 | June 30, 2007 | 47% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| pH | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt of sludge incinerated | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Annual sludge production, total | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Annual amount of sludge land applied | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt sludge transported interstate | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, dry weight | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr] | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pinephales promelas | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, dry weight | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dry weight | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dry weight | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Level of pathogen requirements achieved | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Description of pathogen option used | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vector attraction reduction alternative used | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fecal coliform | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Annual whole sludge application rate | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Unit w/liner/leachate collection system | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Boundary areas | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Salmonella | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pollutant table from 503.13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute D. Pulex | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Inspections, violations and enforcement
- 3Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| April 22, 2026 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| February 18, 2026 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| November 15, 2017 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
Inspections
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| May 11, 2026 | Follow-Up | S |
| April 22, 2026 | Focused | S |
| February 18, 2026 | Evaluation | S |
Formal enforcement and penalties
0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.
Informal enforcement
EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES TX0047414.
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