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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0103501

STEWART CREEK WEST WWTP, Denton County, TX: NPDES TX0103501 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

STEWART CREEK WEST WWTP, held by NORTH TEXAS MWD, holds NPDES permit TX0103501, which discharges to Stewart Creek;Lewisville Lake. EPA’s file records it issued August 31, 2017 and expiring August 31, 2020. 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 filedSTEWART CREEK WEST WWTP
Permittee as filedNORTH TEXAS MWD
NPDES IDTX0103501
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
IssuedAugust 31, 2017
Expiration dateAugust 31, 2020
AddressDenton County, TX 75034
Receiving waterSTEWART CREEK;LEWISVILLE LAKE
SubwatershedStewart Creek-Little Elm Reservoir (HUC 120301030906)
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
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant410368December 31, 202088% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]37043February 28, 2021574% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]3344April 30, 2008135% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]333April 30, 202335% over the limit
E. coli222October 31, 2023146% over the limit
Solids, total suspended3281April 30, 2012415% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1101August 31, 20103% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual2200
pH3180
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas060
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas060
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas060
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pinephales promelas060
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia040
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia040
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia040
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute D. Pulex120
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales promelas120
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia020
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
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement110
Arsenic, dry weight500
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]500
Selenium, dry weight300
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1300
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2300
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
Level of pathogen requirements achieved200
Description of pathogen option used200
Vector attraction reduction alternative used200
IC25 Low Flow Pass/Fail Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia200
IC25 Low Flow Pass/Fail Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas200
IC25 Low Flow Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia200
IC25 Low Flow Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas200
IC25 Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia200
IC25 Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas200
IC25 Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia200
IC25 Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas200
Fecal coliform100
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]100
Annual whole sludge application rate100
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system100
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
January 25, 2024Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
September 28, 2021Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
November 9, 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

The public-records page covers NPDES permit TX0103501 for STEWART CREEK WEST WWTP in Denton County, TX, held by NORTH TEXAS MWD, with permit status listed as administratively continued. The facts list 51 as the discharger class figure, 7 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 7 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.