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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0106291

KEENE WWTP, Keene, TX: NPDES TX0106291 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

KEENE WWTP, held by CITY OF KEENE, holds NPDES permit TX0106291, which discharges to Turkey Creek; Lake Alvarado;Turkey Creek. EPA’s file records it issued December 21, 2016 and expiring December 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 filedKEENE WWTP
Permittee as filedCITY OF KEENE
NPDES IDTX0106291
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
IssuedDecember 21, 2016
Expiration dateDecember 1, 2021
AddressKeene, TX 76059
Receiving waterTURKEY CREEK; LAKE ALVARADO;TURKEY CREEK
SubwatershedHeadwaters North Fork Chambers Creek (HUC 120301090101)
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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]36229March 31, 2026581% over the limit
Solids, total suspended3396April 30, 202633% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]3423February 28, 202696,626% over the limit
E. coli293March 31, 2026507% over the limit
Arsenic, dry weight5320
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]5320
pH3320
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2220
Chlorine, total residual2220
Selenium, dry weight3180
Copper, dry weight3180
Cadmium, dry weight3180
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]3180
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]3180
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]3180
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]3180
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]3180
Nickel, total [as Ni]2140
Level of pathogen requirements achieved2130
Description of pathogen option used2130
Vector attraction reduction alternative used2130
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1110
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure180
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill180
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]170
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method170
Annual amt of sludge incinerated170
Annual sludge production, total170
Annual amount of sludge land applied170
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit170
Annual amt sludge transported interstate170
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system170
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement170
Boundary areas170
Fecal coliform160
Salmonella160
Pollutant table from 503.13160
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
December 5, 2025Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
July 10, 2025Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
May 22, 2024Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
January 17, 2023Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
December 12, 2018Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6

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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 TX0106291 for the KEENE WWTP, held by CITY OF KEENE, with a permit status of administratively continued, a discharger class of 38 and 4 pollutants under a numeric limit, of which 4 recorded an effluent exceedance. The page lists the permit's issue and expiration dates, its receiving waters (Turkey Creek and Lake Alvarado), and its Headwaters North Fork Chambers Creek subwatershed (HUC 120301090101).