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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0091715

THE WOODLANDS WWTP 2, Woodland Lake, TX: NPDES TX0091715 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

THE WOODLANDS WWTP 2, held by SAN JACINTO RIVER AUTHORITY, holds NPDES permit TX0091715, which discharges to San Jacinto River Basin. EPA’s file records it issued August 27, 2013 and expiring March 1, 2018. 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 filedTHE WOODLANDS WWTP 2
Permittee as filedSAN JACINTO RIVER AUTHORITY
NPDES IDTX0091715
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
IssuedAugust 27, 2013
Expiration dateMarch 1, 2018
AddressWoodland Lake, TX 77381
Receiving waterSAN JACINTO RIVER BASIN
SubwatershedBear Branch-Panther Branch (HUC 120401020211)

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
E. coli2139April 30, 2020670% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant4153August 31, 20175% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general042August 31, 2013175% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]371July 31, 2003160% over the limit
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia6100
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia6100
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia6100
Chlorine, total residual2100
Solids, total suspended390
pH370
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]360
Arsenic, dry weight550
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]550
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia640
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia640
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia640
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1930
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2930
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
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]230
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute D. Pulex130
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales promelas130
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
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas400
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas400
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas400
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pinephales promelas400
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas400
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas400
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
July 20, 2018Permit 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

The page is a public-records entry for NPDES permit TX0091715, held by SAN JACINTO RIVER AUTHORITY for THE WOODLANDS WWTP 2 in Woodland Lake, TX, which discharges to the San Jacinto River Basin in the Bear Branch-Panther Branch subwatershed (HUC 120401020211). It lists a status of Administratively continued, a Major Discharger class, and a permit issued August 27, 2013 with an expiration date of March 1, 2018. The figures shown are 55 pollutants on file, 54 under a numeric limit, 4 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and 48 with limits.