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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0076775

FRY ROAD MUD WWTP, Houston, TX: NPDES TX0076775 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

FRY ROAD MUD WWTP, held by FRY ROAD MUD, holds NPDES permit TX0076775, which discharges to Hcfcd U1011900; S Mayde Creek To Buffalo Bayou. EPA’s file records it issued July 7, 2017 and expiring May 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 filedFRY ROAD MUD WWTP
Permittee as filedFRY ROAD MUD
NPDES IDTX0076775
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedJuly 7, 2017
Expiration dateMay 1, 2022
AddressHouston, TX 77449
Receiving waterHCFCD U1011900; S MAYDE CREEK TO BUFFALO BAYOU
SubwatershedSouth Mayde Creek (HUC 120401040203)
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]613818September 30, 2012235% over the limit
Solids, total suspended31236April 30, 2016285% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]61265December 31, 200336% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1422August 31, 201827% over the limit
E. coli222July 31, 20261,110% over the limit
pH3810
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2800
Chlorine, total residual2800
Arsenic, dry weight550
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]550
Selenium, dry weight330
Copper, dry weight330
Cadmium, dry weight330
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]330
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]330
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]330
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]330
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]330
Nickel, total [as Ni]220
Level of pathogen requirements achieved220
Description of pathogen option used220
Vector attraction reduction alternative used220
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]120
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure120
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method120
Annual amt of sludge incinerated120
Annual sludge production, total120
Annual amount of sludge land applied120
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit120
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill120
Annual amt sludge transported interstate120
Fecal coliform110
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system110
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement110
Boundary areas110
Salmonella110
Pollutant table from 503.13110
Annual whole sludge application rate100

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
February 26, 2026Permit 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 discharge permit NPDES TX0076775 for the FRY ROAD MUD WWTP in Houston, TX, held by FRY ROAD MUD, which lists 38 pollutants under a numeric limit and 5 pollutants with an effluent exceedance. The permit is administratively continued, with an issue date of July 7, 2017 and an expiration date of May 1, 2022, and the status reflects EPA's file as loaded on October 14, 2026.