Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0105091
BEACH CREEK WWTP, Linden, TX: NPDES TX0105091 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 37Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BEACH CREEK WWTP, held by LINDEN, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit TX0105091, which discharges to Beach Creek; Iron Ore Lake; James Bayou. EPA’s file records it issued February 19, 2016 and expiring February 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 filed | BEACH CREEK WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | LINDEN, CITY OF |
| NPDES ID | TX0105091 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | February 19, 2016 |
| Expiration date | February 1, 2021 |
| Address | Linden, TX 75563 |
| Receiving water | BEACH CREEK; IRON ORE LAKE; JAMES BAYOU |
| Subwatershed | Beech Creek-Jim Bayou (HUC 111403060306) |
| SIC | 4952 – 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
- 37Pollutants on file
- 37Under a numeric limit
- 36With a violation of any kind
- 5With an effluent exceedance
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 measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 161 | 119 | July 31, 2026 | 67% over the limit |
| pH | 3 | 161 | 68 | July 31, 2026 | |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 3 | 174 | 17 | May 31, 2025 | 390% over the limit |
| E. coli | 2 | 65 | 5 | January 31, 2025 | 892% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 99 | 1 | March 31, 2017 | 1% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 3 | 153 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 96 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, dry weight | 5 | 29 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr] | 5 | 29 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 3 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, dry weight | 3 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dry weight | 3 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dry weight | 3 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 3 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 3 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 3 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 3 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Level of pathogen requirements achieved | 2 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Description of pathogen option used | 2 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Vector attraction reduction alternative used | 2 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs] | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt of sludge incinerated | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Annual sludge production, total | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Annual amount of sludge land applied | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Unit w/liner/leachate collection system | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Boundary areas | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Fecal coliform | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Salmonella | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Pollutant table from 503.13 | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt sludge transported interstate | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Annual whole sludge application rate | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| October 23, 2018 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.