Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0087751
HONDO WWTP, Hondo, TX: NPDES TX0087751 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 17Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
HONDO WWTP, held by CITY OF HONDO, holds NPDES permit TX0087751, which discharges to Elm Slough, Hondo Creek. EPA’s file records it issued July 30, 2020 and expiring July 30, 2023. 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 filed | HONDO WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CITY OF HONDO |
| NPDES ID | TX0087751 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | July 30, 2020 |
| Expiration date | July 30, 2023 |
| Address | Hondo, TX 78861 |
| Receiving water | ELM SLOUGH, HONDO CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Elm Slough (HUC 121101070201) |
| SIC | 4952 – 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
- 47Pollutants on file
- 17Under a numeric limit
- 45With a violation of any kind
- 0With an effluent exceedance
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 measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 2 | 16 | 0 | ||
| LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 2 | 16 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Statis Renewal 48 Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 2 | 16 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48Hr acute Pimephales promelas | 2 | 16 | 0 | ||
| LOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48HR Acute Daphnia pulex | 2 | 16 | 0 | ||
| LOAEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 2 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, dry weight | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr] | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, dry weight | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dry weight | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dry weight | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Level of pathogen requirements achieved | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Description of pathogen option used | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Vector attraction reduction alternative used | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt of sludge incinerated | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Annual sludge production, total | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Annual amount of sludge land applied | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt sludge transported interstate | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute D. Pulex | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Fecal coliform | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Unit w/liner/leachate collection system | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Boundary areas | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Salmonella | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Pollutant table from 503.13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES TX0087751.
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
- 5Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| November 6, 2024 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| November 28, 2022 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| March 25, 2021 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| November 27, 2018 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| February 14, 2017 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.