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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0095478

CITY OF KOUNTZE WWTP, Kountze, TX: NPDES TX0095478 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CITY OF KOUNTZE WWTP, held by KOUNTZE, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit TX0095478, which discharges to Unnamed Trib;Cypress Creek; Village. EPA’s file records it issued March 20, 2017 and expiring August 1, 2021. 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 filedCITY OF KOUNTZE WWTP
Permittee as filedKOUNTZE, CITY OF
NPDES IDTX0095478
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedMarch 20, 2017
Expiration dateAugust 1, 2021
AddressKountze, TX 77625
Receiving waterUNNAMED TRIB;CYPRESS CREEK; VILLAGE
SubwatershedPea Monk Branch-Cypress Creek (HUC 120200060405)
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
E. coli2104102February 28, 202310,016% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]13935August 31, 202478% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant22413May 31, 202412,538% over the limit
pH31912September 30, 2019
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C32210February 28, 201451% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual21010December 31, 2023100% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]6134October 31, 2025217% over the limit
Solids, total suspended2124March 31, 201656% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]352October 31, 202266% over the limit
Arsenic, dry weight550
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]550
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]150
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure150
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
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method120
Annual amt of sludge incinerated120
Annual sludge production, total120
Annual amount of sludge land applied120
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit120
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill120
Annual amt sludge transported interstate120
Fecal coliform110
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
March 31, 2026Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
April 24, 2024Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
November 10, 2021Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
January 10, 2019Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6

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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 Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES TX0095478 for the CITY OF KOUNTZE WWTP in Kountze, TX, held by KOUNTZE, CITY OF, with a status of administratively continued and a minor discharger class. The facts list 9 pollutants under a numeric limit and 9 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and identify the receiving water as UNNAMED TRIB;CYPRESS CREEK; VILLAGE in the Pea Monk Branch-Cypress Creek subwatershed (HUC 120200060405).