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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0101800

SOUTH REGIONAL WWTP, Texarkana, TX: NPDES TX0101800 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SOUTH REGIONAL WWTP, held by TEXARKANA, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit TX0101800, which discharges to Days Creek. EPA’s file records it issued April 22, 2016 and expiring January 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 filedSOUTH REGIONAL WWTP
Permittee as filedTEXARKANA, CITY OF
NPDES IDTX0101800
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
IssuedApril 22, 2016
Expiration dateJanuary 1, 2021
AddressTexarkana, TX 75501
Receiving waterDAYS CREEK
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedMiddle Days Creek (HUC 111403020705)
Program components on filePOTW, Pretreatment
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. coli288April 30, 2025514% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]377January 31, 2020139% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]366August 31, 202559% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant495September 30, 20237% over the limit
Solids, total suspended355January 31, 202692% over the limit
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]133July 31, 2020176% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual222January 31, 2026170% over the limit
Arsenic, dry weight531July 31, 202030% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]111June 30, 20234% over the limit
Silver, total [as Ag]360
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia240
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia240
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]530
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]330
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]330
Selenium, dry weight320
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1320
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2320
Copper, dry weight320
Cadmium, dry weight320
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]320
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]320
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]320
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia220
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia220
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia220
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia220
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pinephales promelas220
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas220
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas220
pH310
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill110
Annual amt sludge transported interstate110
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement110
Nickel, total [as Ni]200
Level of pathogen requirements achieved200
Description of pathogen option used200
Vector attraction reduction alternative used200
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas200
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas200
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas200
Fecal coliform100
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
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system100
Boundary areas100
Salmonella100
Pollutant table from 503.13100
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute D. Pulex100
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales promelas100

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TX0101800.

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 TX0101800 for SOUTH REGIONAL WWTP in Texarkana, TX, held by TEXARKANA, CITY OF, with a status of administratively continued and a discharger class of Major. The page lists 9 pollutants under a numeric limit and 9 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and it cites the Middle Days Creek subwatershed (HUC 111403020705) with a discharger class of 55.