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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0107492

CITY OF EAGLE PASS WATER WORKS SYSTEM MAIN WWTP, Eagle Pass, TX: NPDES TX0107492 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CITY OF EAGLE PASS WATER WORKS SYSTEM MAIN WWTP, held by EAGLE PASS, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit TX0107492, which discharges to Rio Grande Below Amistad Reservoir. EPA’s file records it issued July 25, 2016 and expiring September 1, 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 filedCITY OF EAGLE PASS WATER WORKS SYSTEM MAIN WWTP
Permittee as filedEAGLE PASS, CITY OF
NPDES IDTX0107492
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
IssuedJuly 25, 2016
Expiration dateSeptember 1, 2020
AddressEagle Pass, TX 78853
Receiving waterRIO GRANDE BELOW AMISTAD RESERVOIR
SubwatershedSeco Creek-Rio Grande (HUC 130800020101)
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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 63 are shown.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Solids, total suspended3487August 31, 2023105% over the limit
E. coli253August 31, 2012294% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant4592January 31, 200559,233% over the limit
Sodium adsorption ratio2162August 31, 20101,880% over the limit
Copper, dry weight3142July 31, 20132% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual2291November 30, 200568% over the limit
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]3161July 31, 200218% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C3420
pH3310
Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Daphnia pulex2260
LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas2260
NOAEC Lethal Statis Renewal 48 Hr Acute Daphnia pulex2260
NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48Hr acute Pimephales promelas2260
LOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48HR Acute Daphnia pulex2240
LOAEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas2240
Arsenic, dry weight5210
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]5210
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]3180
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]3180
Selenium, dry weight3150
Cadmium, dry weight3150
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]3150
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]3150
Potassium, total [as K]2150
pH, in soil2150
Conductivity2140
Sulphur, total elemental2140
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]2140
Nitrate nitrogen, dry weight2140
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]2140
Phosphorus, total [as P]2140
Calcium, total [as Ca]2140
Magnesium, total [as Mg]2140
Sodium, total [as Na]2140
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1140
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #23100
Level of pathogen requirements achieved280
Description of pathogen option used280
Vector attraction reduction alternative used280
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1370
Salmonella170
Nickel, total [as Ni]260
Fecal coliform150
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]150
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure150
Annual amt of sludge incinerated150
Annual sludge production, total150
Annual amount of sludge land applied150
Pollutant table from 503.13150
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute D. Pulex150
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales promelas150
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method140
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit140
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill140
Annual amt sludge transported interstate140
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system130
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement130
Boundary areas130
Annual whole sludge application rate110
Nitrogen, total [as N]200

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
May 27, 2025Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
March 12, 2024Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
January 29, 2019Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
May 9, 2017Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6

Inspections

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
March 6, 2026Follow-UpS

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
June 9, 2026Phone Call/ EMAILState

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 the Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES TX0107492 for the City of Eagle Pass Water Works System Main WWTP in Eagle Pass, TX, listed as administratively continued with a Major Discharger class. The page lists 63 for the permit's record, 7 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 7 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.