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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0095842

HARRIS COUNTY WCID 89 WWTP, City Of Houston, TX: NPDES TX0095842 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

HARRIS COUNTY WCID 89 WWTP, held by HARRIS COUNTY WCID 89, holds NPDES permit TX0095842, which discharges to Hcfcd Ditch; Clear Creek Above Tidal. EPA’s file records it issued November 6, 2018 and expiring November 6, 2023. 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 filedHARRIS COUNTY WCID 89 WWTP
Permittee as filedHARRIS COUNTY WCID 89
NPDES IDTX0095842
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
IssuedNovember 6, 2018
Expiration dateNovember 6, 2023
AddressCity Of Houston, TX 77047
Receiving waterHCFCD DITCH; CLEAR CREEK ABOVE TIDAL
SubwatershedClear Creek-Frontal Galveston Bay (HUC 120402040100)

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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]38787May 31, 2025935% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]33636September 30, 2025222% over the limit
Solids, total suspended32222January 31, 2012386% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant22020August 31, 201728% over the limit
E. coli21313June 30, 201299,999% over the limit
Arsenic, dry weight500
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]500
pH300
Selenium, dry weight300
Copper, dry weight300
Cadmium, dry weight300
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]300
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]300
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]300
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]300
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]300
Nickel, total [as Ni]200
Chlorine, total residual200
Level of pathogen requirements achieved200
Description of pathogen option used200
Vector attraction reduction alternative used200
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]100
Fecal coliform100
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]100
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure100
Annual whole sludge application rate100
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method100
Annual amt of sludge incinerated100
Annual sludge production, total100
Annual amount of sludge land applied100
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit100
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill100
Annual amt sludge transported interstate100
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system100
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement100
Boundary areas100
Salmonella100
Pollutant table from 503.13100

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
May 30, 2025Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TX0095842.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES TX0095842.

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 TX0095842 for the HARRIS COUNTY WCID 89 WWTP in City Of Houston, TX, which discharges to HCFCD DITCH; CLEAR CREEK ABOVE TIDAL within the Clear Creek-Frontal Galveston Bay watershed (HUC 120402040100). The permit is listed as administratively continued, a Minor discharger class, with 38 in the discharger class field, 5 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 5 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.