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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0082589

CITY OF JOURDANTON WWTP, Jourdanton, TX: NPDES TX0082589 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CITY OF JOURDANTON WWTP, held by JOURDANTON, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit TX0082589, which discharges to Lower Atascosa River. EPA’s file records it issued March 5, 2021 and expiring March 5, 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 filedCITY OF JOURDANTON WWTP
Permittee as filedJOURDANTON, CITY OF
NPDES IDTX0082589
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
IssuedMarch 5, 2021
Expiration dateMarch 5, 2026
AddressJourdanton, TX 78026
Receiving waterLower Atascosa River
SubwatershedGoose Creek-La Parita Creek (HUC 121101100402)
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]35130July 31, 2026667% over the limit
Solids, total suspended36627February 28, 2026462% over the limit
E. coli24426July 31, 20263,162% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant26525July 31, 201535,818% over the limit
pH2397March 31, 2026
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]3287February 28, 202665% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1172November 30, 2025100% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual0131April 30, 200380% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C0180
Arsenic, dry weight070
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]070
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure050
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method050
Annual amt of sludge incinerated050
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit050
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill050
Annual amt sludge transported interstate050
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement050
Nickel, total [as Ni]040
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]040
Annual sludge production, total040
Annual amount of sludge land applied040
Selenium, dry weight030
Copper, dry weight030
Cadmium, dry weight030
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]030
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]030
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]030
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]030
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]030
Level of pathogen requirements achieved030
Description of pathogen option used030
Vector attraction reduction alternative used030
Fecal coliform020
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system020
Boundary areas020
Salmonella020
Pollutant table from 503.13010

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
August 15, 2024Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
November 8, 2023Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
August 11, 2021Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
October 24, 2017Permit 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 NPDES permit TX0082589 for the CITY OF JOURDANTON WWTP in Jourdanton, TX, held by JOURDANTON, CITY OF and discharging to the Lower Atascosa River, with a status of administratively continued. The page lists 7 pollutants under a numeric limit and 8 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, within the Goose Creek-La Parita Creek subwatershed (HUC 121101100402).