Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0056685
NEW WAVERLY WWTP 1, New Waverly, TX: NPDES TX0056685 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 38Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
NEW WAVERLY WWTP 1, held by CITY OF NEW WAVERLY, holds NPDES permit TX0056685, which discharges to Chicken Creek, Little Caney Creek,. EPA’s file records it issued July 27, 2017 and expiring June 1, 2022. 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 filed | NEW WAVERLY WWTP 1 |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CITY OF NEW WAVERLY |
| NPDES ID | TX0056685 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | July 27, 2017 |
| Expiration date | June 1, 2022 |
| Address | New Waverly, TX 77358 |
| Receiving water | CHICKEN CREEK, LITTLE CANEY CREEK, |
| Subwatershed | Hegar Branch-Caney Creek (HUC 120401030101) |
| SIC | 4952 – 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
- 38Pollutants on file
- 38Under a numeric limit
- 37With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 18 | 12 | January 31, 2024 | 877% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 3 | 13 | 4 | January 31, 2010 | 177% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 7 | 4 | March 31, 2026 | 38% over the limit |
| E. coli | 2 | 17 | 3 | July 31, 2021 | 460% over the limit |
| pH | 3 | 13 | 1 | July 31, 2007 | |
| Arsenic, dry weight | 5 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr] | 5 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, dry weight | 3 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dry weight | 3 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dry weight | 3 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 3 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 3 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 3 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 3 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 3 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Level of pathogen requirements achieved | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Description of pathogen option used | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Vector attraction reduction alternative used | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 9 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 3 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Fecal coliform | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Annual sludge production, total | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Unit w/liner/leachate collection system | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Boundary areas | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Salmonella | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Pollutant table from 503.13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt of sludge incinerated | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Annual amount of sludge land applied | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt sludge transported interstate | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Annual whole sludge application rate | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TX0056685.
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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.