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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0075434

BRITTMORE I & II WWTP, City Of Houston, TX: NPDES TX0075434 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BRITTMORE I & II WWTP, held by AQUA TEXAS, INC, holds NPDES permit TX0075434, which discharges to White Oak Bayou Above Tidal. EPA’s file records it issued January 15, 2021 and expiring January 15, 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 filedBRITTMORE I & II WWTP
Permittee as filedAQUA TEXAS, INC
NPDES IDTX0075434
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedJanuary 15, 2021
Expiration dateJanuary 15, 2026
AddressCity Of Houston, TX 77014
Receiving waterWhite Oak Bayou Above Tidal
SubwatershedCole Creek-Whiteoak Bayou (HUC 120401040302)
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]68670July 31, 2024784% over the limit
E. coli25744January 31, 202699,999% over the limit
Solids, total suspended33113June 30, 2019107% over the limit
Zinc, total [as Zn]31812July 31, 2023100% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]3216July 31, 202499,999% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual1146June 30, 2018116% over the limit
Whole effluent toxicity0126September 30, 200544% over the limit
Whole Effluent Toxicity [WET] - C. dubia4153March 31, 202499,999% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]182July 31, 202479% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant4191February 28, 202128,700% over the limit
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia2120
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia2120
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia2120
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia2120
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia2120
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia2120
pH2100
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas280
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas280
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas280
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pinephales promelas280
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas280
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas280
Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Daphnia pulex080
LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas080
NOAEC Lethal Statis Renewal 48 Hr Acute Daphnia pulex080
NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48Hr acute Pimephales promelas080
Phosphorus, total [as P]360
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1350
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2350
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute D. Pulex130
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales promelas130

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
October 11, 2023Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
July 31, 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 the NPDES discharge permit TX0075434 for the BRITTMORE I & II WWTP in City Of Houston, TX, held by AQUA TEXAS, INC, which discharges to White Oak Bayou Above Tidal. The permit is listed as administratively continued, with 10 pollutants under a numeric limit and 10 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.