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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0084671

MELROSE MHP WWTP, Houston, TX: NPDES TX0084671 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

MELROSE MHP WWTP, held by AKRAM SOLHJOU, holds NPDES permit TX0084671, which discharges to Hcfcd Ditch;Halls Bayou;Greens Bayou/Houston Ship. EPA’s file records it issued October 4, 2018 and expiring October 4, 2023. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedMELROSE MHP WWTP
Permittee as filedAKRAM SOLHJOU
NPDES IDTX0084671
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedOctober 4, 2018
Expiration dateOctober 4, 2023
AddressHouston, TX 77037
Receiving waterHCFCD DITCH;HALLS BAYOU;GREENS BAYOU/HOUSTON SHIP
SubwatershedHalls Bayou (HUC 120401040604)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO 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]6311August 31, 200910% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual2211May 31, 202311% over the limit
E. coli271June 30, 2013244% over the limit
Solids, total suspended3300
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]3300
pH3210
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2200
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1100
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
Fecal coliform110
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]110
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure110
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method110
Annual amt of sludge incinerated110
Annual sludge production, total110
Annual amount of sludge land applied110
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit110
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill110
Annual amt sludge transported interstate110
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
January 9, 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 EPA public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES TX0084671 for the MELROSE MHP WWTP in Houston, TX, held by AKRAM SOLHJOU and discharging to HCFCD DITCH;HALLS BAYOU;GREENS BAYOU/HOUSTON SHIP in the Halls Bayou (HUC 120401040604) subwatershed. The file lists a Minor discharger class, an administratively continued permit status, 38 pollutants on file, 38 under a numeric limit, 37 with a violation of any kind, and 3 with an effluent exceedance.