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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0052949

MABANK WWTP, Mabank, TX: NPDES TX0052949 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

MABANK WWTP, held by MABANK, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit TX0052949, which discharges to Unnamed Trib, Prairie Creek, Cedar. EPA’s file records it issued July 15, 2022 and expiring July 15, 2027. 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 filedMABANK WWTP
Permittee as filedMABANK, CITY OF
NPDES IDTX0052949
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedJuly 15, 2022
Expiration dateJuly 15, 2027
AddressMabank, TX 75147
Receiving waterUNNAMED TRIB, PRAIRIE CREEK, CEDAR
SubwatershedPrairie Creek-Cedar Creek Reservoir (HUC 120301070304)
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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]6210207July 31, 2026144,252% over the limit
E. coli25858March 31, 20261,820% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant22624January 31, 202633% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]396February 28, 202547% over the limit
pH272February 28, 2019
Solids, total suspended231May 31, 20246% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]131December 31, 200850% over the limit
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]0180
Arsenic, dry weight0150
Selenium, dry weight090
Copper, dry weight090
Cadmium, dry weight090
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]090
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]090
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]090
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]090
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]090
Level of pathogen requirements achieved070
Description of pathogen option used070
Vector attraction reduction alternative used070
Nickel, total [as Ni]060
Pollutant table from 503.13040
Fecal coliform030
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]030
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure030
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method030
Annual amt of sludge incinerated030
Annual sludge production, total030
Annual amount of sludge land applied030
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit030
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill030
Annual amt sludge transported interstate030
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system030
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement030
Boundary areas030
Salmonella030

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
April 23, 2024Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
December 20, 2022Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
July 2, 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 TX0052949 for the MABANK WWTP in Mabank, TX, held by MABANK, CITY OF, with an effective status and an issue date of July 15, 2022 and an expiration date of July 15, 2027. The page lists 36 pollutants on file, 7 of them under a numeric limit, and 7 with an effluent exceedance.