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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0074233

FORT BEND COUNTY MUD 23 WWTP, Fresno, TX: NPDES TX0074233 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

FORT BEND COUNTY MUD 23 WWTP, held by FORT BEND COUNTY MUD 23, holds NPDES permit TX0074233, which discharges to Drainage Ditch, Long Point Ck, Middle Oyster Ck. EPA’s file records it issued October 12, 2018 and expiring October 12, 2023. 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 filedFORT BEND COUNTY MUD 23 WWTP
Permittee as filedFORT BEND COUNTY MUD 23
NPDES IDTX0074233
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
IssuedOctober 12, 2018
Expiration dateOctober 12, 2023
AddressFresno, TX 77545
Receiving waterDRAINAGE DITCH, LONG POINT CK, MIDDLE OYSTER CK
SubwatershedMiddle Oyster Creek (HUC 120402050200)

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
Whole Effluent Toxicity [WET] - C. dubia23121March 31, 202699,999% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]33012July 31, 2026726% over the limit
Whole effluent toxicity01612June 30, 201860% over the limit
E. coli277July 31, 20241,113% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]3246July 31, 2026118% over the limit
Solids, total suspended3235July 31, 202680% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant4175September 30, 200715% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual2313December 31, 202167% over the limit
Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N]322October 31, 201317% over the limit
pH3151June 30, 2008
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]171October 31, 20105% over the limit
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia2200
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia2190
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia2180
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia2170
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia2150
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia2130
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas2110
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas2110
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas290
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas290
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2380
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas270
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pinephales promelas270
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1360
Arsenic, dry weight500
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]500
Selenium, dry weight300
Copper, dry weight300
Cadmium, dry weight300
Solids, total dissolved300
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]300
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]300
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]300
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]300
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]300
Nickel, total [as Ni]200
Level of pathogen requirements achieved200
Description of pathogen option used200
Vector attraction reduction alternative used200
Fecal coliform100
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]100
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure100
Annual whole sludge application rate100
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method100
Annual amt of sludge incinerated100
Annual sludge production, total100
Annual amount of sludge land applied100
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit100
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill100
Annual amt sludge transported interstate100
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system100
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement100
Boundary areas100
Salmonella100
Pollutant table from 503.13100
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute D. Pulex100
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales promelas100

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 14, 2025Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
May 15, 2023Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
February 23, 2023Permit 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 Clean Water Act NPDES discharge permit TX0074233 for the FORT BEND COUNTY MUD 23 WWTP in Fresno, TX, held by FORT BEND COUNTY MUD 23, a Major Discharger class publicly owned treatment works. The permit is administratively continued, with 11 pollutants under a numeric limit and 5 effluent exceedances listed, and it discharges to Drainage Ditch, Long Point Ck and Middle Oyster Ck in the Middle Oyster Creek subwatershed (HUC 120402050200).