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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0083216

STEPHEN F AUSTIN ELEMENTARY WWTP, Conroe, TX: NPDES TX0083216 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

STEPHEN F AUSTIN ELEMENTARY WWTP, held by CONROE ISD, holds NPDES permit TX0083216, which discharges to Caney Creek; San Jacinto River Basin. EPA’s file records it issued September 8, 2017 and expiring June 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 filedSTEPHEN F AUSTIN ELEMENTARY WWTP
Permittee as filedCONROE ISD
NPDES IDTX0083216
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
IssuedSeptember 8, 2017
Expiration dateJune 1, 2022
AddressConroe, TX 77306
Receiving waterCANEY CREEK; SAN JACINTO RIVER BASIN
SubwatershedCagle Branch-Caney Creek (HUC 120401030104)
SIC8211 – Elementary And Secondary Schools

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
Solids, total suspended3167September 30, 202268% over the limit
E. coli2133September 30, 2024541% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]3112September 30, 201577% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]3112September 30, 202242% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual272January 31, 201188% over the limit
pH3121March 31, 2005
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2101March 31, 201115% over the limit
Arsenic, dry weight5200
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]5200
Selenium, dry weight3120
Copper, dry weight3120
Cadmium, dry weight3120
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]3120
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]3120
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]3120
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]3120
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]3120
Nickel, total [as Ni]280
Level of pathogen requirements achieved280
Description of pathogen option used280
Vector attraction reduction alternative used280
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]160
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure160
Annual amount of sludge land applied150
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit150
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill150
Annual amt sludge transported interstate150
Fecal coliform140
Annual amt of sludge incinerated140
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system140
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement140
Boundary areas140
Salmonella140
Pollutant table from 503.13140
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]130
Annual sludge production, total130
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method120
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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TX0083216.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TX0083216.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES TX0083216.

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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

What this page shows

This EPA public-records page covers NPDES permit TX0083216 for the Stephen F Austin Elementary WWTP in Conroe, TX, held by CONROE ISD, which discharges to Caney Creek in the San Jacinto River Basin. The permit is listed as administratively continued, with 38 for the discharger class and 7 pollutants under a numeric limit, of which 7 had an effluent exceedance. The permit was issued September 8, 2017 and expired June 1, 2022, with the status as of October 14, 2026.