Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0093360
PLACEDO WWTP, Placedo, TX: NPDES TX0093360 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 37Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PLACEDO WWTP, held by VICTORIA COUNTY WCID 2, holds NPDES permit TX0093360, which discharges to Unnamed Ditch;Ninemile Ck;Placedo Ck;Lavaca Ck. EPA’s file records it issued April 14, 2020 and expiring April 14, 2025. 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 | PLACEDO WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | VICTORIA COUNTY WCID 2 |
| NPDES ID | TX0093360 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | April 14, 2020 |
| Expiration date | April 14, 2025 |
| Address | Placedo, TX 77977 |
| Receiving water | UNNAMED DITCH;NINEMILE CK;PLACEDO CK;LAVACA CK |
| Subwatershed | Ninemile Creek-Placedo Creek (HUC 121004020303) |
| 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
- 37Pollutants on file
- 37Under a numeric limit
- 36With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 333 | 52 | October 31, 2024 | 445% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 3 | 306 | 30 | April 30, 2022 | 487% over the limit |
| E. coli | 2 | 218 | 26 | October 31, 2021 | 1,820% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 209 | 16 | June 30, 2025 | 1,053% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 191 | 3 | August 31, 2021 | 90% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 96 | 2 | September 30, 2021 | 63% over the limit |
| pH | 3 | 194 | 1 | August 31, 2021 | |
| Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs] | 1 | 6 | 1 | July 31, 2005 | 12% over the limit |
| Arsenic, dry weight | 5 | 33 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr] | 5 | 33 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, dry weight | 3 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dry weight | 3 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dry weight | 3 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 3 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 3 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 3 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 3 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 3 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Level of pathogen requirements achieved | 2 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Description of pathogen option used | 2 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Vector attraction reduction alternative used | 2 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Fecal coliform | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Pollutant table from 503.13 | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Unit w/liner/leachate collection system | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Boundary areas | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Salmonella | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt of sludge incinerated | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Annual sludge production, total | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Annual amount of sludge land applied | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt sludge transported interstate | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Annual whole sludge application rate | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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
- 2Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| May 2, 2023 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| February 21, 2018 | 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.