Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0117455
LAKE FORK ESTATES, Wood County, TX: NPDES TX0117455 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 37Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
LAKE FORK ESTATES, held by TEXAS WATER UTILITIES LP, holds NPDES permit TX0117455, which discharges to Lake Fork Reservoir. EPA’s file records it issued March 19, 2019 and expiring March 19, 2024. 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 | LAKE FORK ESTATES |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | TEXAS WATER UTILITIES LP |
| NPDES ID | TX0117455 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | March 19, 2019 |
| Expiration date | March 19, 2024 |
| Address | Wood County, TX 75783 |
| Receiving water | Lake Fork Reservoir |
| Subwatershed | Long Branch-Case Lake (HUC 120100030205) |
| 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
- 31With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 6 | 131 | 58 | February 29, 2024 | 1,295% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 114 | 42 | February 29, 2024 | 19,158% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 80 | 26 | January 31, 2026 | 147% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 61 | 7 | September 30, 2014 | 80% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 35 | 7 | March 31, 2016 | 63% over the limit |
| E. coli | 2 | 14 | 6 | December 31, 2018 | 1,275% over the limit |
| pH | 3 | 54 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dry weight | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, dry weight | 5 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, dry weight | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dry weight | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Description of pathogen option used | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Vector attraction reduction alternative used | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt sludge transported interstate | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr] | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Level of pathogen requirements achieved | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt of sludge incinerated | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Annual sludge production, total | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Annual amount of sludge land applied | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Salmonella | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pollutant table from 503.13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fecal coliform | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Annual whole sludge application rate | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Unit w/liner/leachate collection system | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Boundary areas | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TX0117455.
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.