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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0052779

SOUTHSIDE WWTP, Henderson, TX: NPDES TX0052779 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SOUTHSIDE WWTP, held by HENDERSON CITY OF, holds NPDES permit TX0052779, which discharges to Hardy Creek/Shawnee Creek. EPA’s file records it issued August 9, 2011 and expiring August 1, 2016. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedSOUTHSIDE WWTP
Permittee as filedHENDERSON CITY OF
NPDES IDTX0052779
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 9, 2011
Expiration dateAugust 1, 2016
AddressHenderson, TX 75652
Receiving waterHARDY CREEK/SHAWNEE CREEK
SubwatershedBromley Creek-Shawnee Creek (HUC 120200040401)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO 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
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant46844December 31, 202289,650% over the limit
Solids, total dissolved64129October 31, 202222% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]33517March 31, 2015183% over the limit
E. coli2146July 31, 2021514% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]3213November 30, 201424% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual2131February 28, 200332% over the limit
Arsenic, dry weight5180
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]5180
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas4180
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas4180
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas4180
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas4180
Solids, total suspended3180
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pinephales promelas4160
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas4160
pH3150
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia4140
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia4140
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia4140
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia4120
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia4120
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia4120
Selenium, dry weight3120
Copper, dry weight3120
Cadmium, dry weight3120
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]3120
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]3120
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]3120
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]3120
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]3120
Level of pathogen requirements achieved270
Description of pathogen option used270
Vector attraction reduction alternative used270
Nickel, total [as Ni]260
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]160
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure160
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]150
Fecal coliform140
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method140
Annual amt of sludge incinerated140
Annual sludge production, total140
Annual amount of sludge land applied140
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit140
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill140
Annual amt sludge transported interstate140
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement140
Pollutant table from 503.13140
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system130
Boundary areas130
Salmonella130
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1720
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2720
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute D. Pulex120
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales promelas120
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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TX0052779.

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 TX0052779 for the SOUTHSIDE WWTP, held by HENDERSON CITY OF, which discharges to HARDY CREEK/SHAWNEE CREEK in the Bromley Creek-Shawnee Creek subwatershed (HUC 120200040401). The permit is listed as administratively continued and classed as a Major discharger, with 55 pollutants on file, 55 under a numeric limit, 54 with a violation of any kind, and 6 with an effluent exceedance.