Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0063690
VH BRAUNIG POWER STATION, San Antonio, TX: NPDES TX0063690 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 26Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
VH BRAUNIG POWER STATION, held by CITY PUBLIC SERVICE OF SAN ANTONIO, holds NPDES permit TX0063690, which discharges to Upper San Antonio River. EPA’s file records it issued September 29, 2020 and expiring September 29, 2025. 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 | VH BRAUNIG POWER STATION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CITY PUBLIC SERVICE OF SAN ANTONIO |
| NPDES ID | TX0063690 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 29, 2020 |
| Expiration date | September 29, 2025 |
| Address | San Antonio, TX 78112 |
| Receiving water | Upper San Antonio River |
| Subwatershed | Braunig Lake-San Antonio River (HUC 121003010301) |
| SIC | 4911 – Electric Services |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler TXD000726257; ICIS-AIR source TX0000004802900005 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 30Pollutants on file
- 26Under a numeric limit
- 26With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 10 | 58 | 12 | April 30, 2016 | 2,267% over the limit |
| pH | 42 | 140 | 6 | April 30, 2009 | |
| Oil & Grease | 25 | 136 | 6 | April 30, 2014 | 525% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 10 | 1 | May 31, 2010 | 70% over the limit |
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 17 | 51 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 44 | 48 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 4 | 23 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 4 | 23 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 4 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 4 | 15 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 4 | 15 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 4 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, free available | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 4 | 11 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute D. Pulex | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pinephales promelas | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 2 | 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 TX0063690.
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.