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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0053538

ROXTON WWTP, Roxton, TX: NPDES TX0053538 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ROXTON WWTP, held by ROXTON, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit TX0053538, which discharges to North Sulphur River. EPA’s file records it issued March 25, 2021 and expiring March 25, 2026. 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 filedROXTON WWTP
Permittee as filedROXTON, CITY OF
NPDES IDTX0053538
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedMarch 25, 2021
Expiration dateMarch 25, 2026
AddressRoxton, TX 75477
Receiving waterNorth Sulphur River
SubwatershedMaxwell Creek-North Sulphur River (HUC 111403010306)
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
Solids, total suspended3164104July 31, 2026376% over the limit
E. coli24745April 30, 202399,999% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C39226April 30, 2026148% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]14624September 30, 201672% over the limit
pH27522August 31, 2018
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2612May 31, 2014200% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual2600
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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TX0053538.

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 the NPDES TX0053538 discharge permit held by Roxton, City of for the ROXTON WWTP in Roxton, TX, which discharges to the North Sulphur River within the Maxwell Creek-North Sulphur River subwatershed (HUC 111403010306). The permit is listed as administratively continued, with 6 pollutants under a numeric limit and 6 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, out of 36 pollutants on file.