Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0076023

RELLIS CAMPUS WWTP, Brazos County, TX: NPDES TX0076023 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
36Pollutants under a numeric limit
6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

RELLIS CAMPUS WWTP, held by TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY, holds NPDES permit TX0076023, which discharges to Ditch;Tributary;Brazos River Above Navasota River. EPA’s file records it issued January 18, 2019 and expiring January 18, 2024. 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	RELLIS CAMPUS WWTP
Permittee as filed	TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY
NPDES ID	TX0076023
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	January 18, 2019
Expiration date	January 18, 2024
Address	Brazos County, TX 77807
Receiving water	DITCH;TRIBUTARY;BRAZOS RIVER ABOVE NAVASOTA RIVER
Subwatershed	Reed Creek-Brazos River (HUC 120701010701)
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

36Pollutants on file
36Under a numeric limit
35With a violation of any kind
6With 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
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	30	24	August 31, 2023	79% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	5	84	13	October 31, 2014	99,999% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	4	51	12	June 30, 2026	470% over the limit
E. coli	2	11	7	January 31, 2020	197% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	2	17	2	June 30, 2026	30% over the limit
pH	3	16	2	March 31, 2022
Arsenic, dry weight	5	10	0
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]	5	10	0
Selenium, dry weight	3	6	0
Copper, dry weight	3	6	0
Cadmium, dry weight	3	6	0
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]	3	6	0
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]	3	6	0
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]	3	6	0
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]	3	6	0
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]	3	6	0
Nickel, total [as Ni]	2	4	0
Level of pathogen requirements achieved	2	4	0
Description of pathogen option used	2	4	0
Vector attraction reduction alternative used	2	4	0
Fecal coliform	1	2	0
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]	1	2	0
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure	1	2	0
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method	1	2	0
Annual amt of sludge incinerated	1	2	0
Annual sludge production, total	1	2	0
Annual amount of sludge land applied	1	2	0
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit	1	2	0
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill	1	2	0
Annual amt sludge transported interstate	1	2	0
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system	1	2	0
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement	1	2	0
Boundary areas	1	2	0
Salmonella	1	2	0
Pollutant table from 503.13	1	2	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

2Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
September 15, 2021	Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment	ST6
January 17, 2017	Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment	ST6

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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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES TX0076023 for RELLIS CAMPUS WWTP in Brazos County, TX, held by TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY, with permit status shown as administratively continued and a discharger class of Minor. The page lists 6 pollutants under a numeric limit and 6 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit's issue date of January 18, 2019 and expiration date of January 18, 2024 as they stood when the record was loaded on October 14, 2026.