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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0086045

HORIZON REGIONAL MUD WWTP, El Paso County, TX: NPDES TX0086045 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

HORIZON REGIONAL MUD WWTP, held by HORIZON REGIONAL MUD, holds NPDES permit TX0086045, which discharges to Mesa Spur Drain; Ditches; Rio Grande Below Riversi. EPA’s file records it issued February 4, 2019 and expiring February 4, 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 filedHORIZON REGIONAL MUD WWTP
Permittee as filedHORIZON REGIONAL MUD
NPDES IDTX0086045
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedFebruary 4, 2019
Expiration dateFebruary 4, 2024
AddressEl Paso County, TX 79928
Receiving waterMESA SPUR DRAIN; DITCHES; RIO GRANDE BELOW RIVERSI
SubwatershedFranklin Drain-Rio Grande (HUC 130401000203)
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
Solids, total suspended315319November 30, 2021127% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]39217May 31, 202490% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual21008May 31, 202320% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]3798December 31, 2022110% over the limit
pH31077August 31, 2019
E. coli2642June 30, 2023502% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1442August 31, 201943% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant41130
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C0630
Conductivity0270
Nitrogen, total [as N]0270
Phosphorus, total [as P]0270
Potassium, total [as K]0270
pH, in soil0270
Arsenic, dry weight5250
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]5250
Selenium, dry weight3150
Copper, dry weight3150
Cadmium, dry weight3150
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]3150
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]3150
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]3150
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]3150
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]3150
Nickel, total [as Ni]2100
Level of pathogen requirements achieved2100
Description of pathogen option used2100
Vector attraction reduction alternative used2100
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure170
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method170
Annual amt of sludge incinerated170
Annual sludge production, total170
Annual amount of sludge land applied170
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit170
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill170
Annual amt sludge transported interstate170
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement170
Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Daphnia pulex260
LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas260
NOAEC Lethal Statis Renewal 48 Hr Acute Daphnia pulex260
NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48Hr acute Pimephales promelas260
LOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48HR Acute Daphnia pulex260
LOAEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas260
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]160
Fecal coliform150
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system150
Boundary areas150
Salmonella150
Pollutant table from 503.13150
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute D. Pulex130
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales promelas130
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1300
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2300
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
August 6, 2024Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
July 14, 2020Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
June 23, 2020Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
October 17, 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 the Clean Water Act NPDES permit TX0086045 held by HORIZON REGIONAL MUD for the HORIZON REGIONAL MUD WWTP in El Paso County, TX, which is listed as administratively continued and a Major Discharger. The page reports 7 pollutants under a numeric limit and 48 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit's status as of October 14, 2026.