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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0097225

HARRIS COUNTY MUD 304 WWTP, Harris County, TX: NPDES TX0097225 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

HARRIS COUNTY MUD 304 WWTP, held by HARRIS COUNTY MUD 304, holds NPDES permit TX0097225, which discharges to Hcfcd Ditch; Greens Bayou Above Tidal. EPA’s file records it issued February 28, 2019 and expiring February 28, 2024. 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 MUD 304 WWTP
Permittee as filedHARRIS COUNTY MUD 304
NPDES IDTX0097225
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
IssuedFebruary 28, 2019
Expiration dateFebruary 28, 2024
AddressHarris County, TX 77014
Receiving waterHCFCD DITCH; GREENS BAYOU ABOVE TIDAL
SubwatershedHeadwaters Greens Bayou (HUC 120401040601)

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]64839December 31, 2022276% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2114August 31, 202021% over the limit
Solids, total suspended3112October 31, 2008145% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]3112September 30, 200847% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual282November 30, 202017% over the limit
E. coli2111July 31, 20231,110% over the limit
pH370
Arsenic, dry weight550
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]550
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]130
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
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
January 23, 2026Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
February 4, 2025Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
August 28, 2024Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
January 5, 2017Permit 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

This public-records page covers NPDES permit TX0097225, held by HARRIS COUNTY MUD 304 for the HARRIS COUNTY MUD 304 WWTP in Harris County, TX, which discharges to HCFCD DITCH; GREENS BAYOU ABOVE TIDAL. The permit is administratively continued and classed as a minor discharger, with 38 pollutants under a numeric limit and 6 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.