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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0118397

CITY OF MANVEL WWTP, Manvel, TX: NPDES TX0118397 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CITY OF MANVEL WWTP, held by MANVEL, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit TX0118397, which discharges to Bcfc Ditch; Chocolate Bayou Above Tidal. EPA’s file records it issued December 20, 2018 and expiring December 20, 2023. 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 MANVEL WWTP
Permittee as filedMANVEL, CITY OF
NPDES IDTX0118397
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedDecember 20, 2018
Expiration dateDecember 20, 2023
AddressManvel, TX 77578
Receiving waterBCFC DITCH; CHOCOLATE BAYOU ABOVE TIDAL
SubwatershedMustang Bayou (HUC 120402040400)
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]32118March 31, 2021134% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2115January 31, 201720% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual264June 30, 202058% over the limit
Solids, total suspended382February 28, 200770% over the limit
E. coli242August 31, 2012259% over the limit
Arsenic, dry weight5150
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]5150
Selenium, dry weight390
Copper, dry weight390
Cadmium, dry weight390
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]390
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]390
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]390
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]390
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]390
pH360
Nickel, total [as Ni]260
Level of pathogen requirements achieved260
Description of pathogen option used260
Vector attraction reduction alternative used260
Annual amount of sludge land applied140
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]330
Fecal coliform130
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]130
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure130
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method130
Annual amt of sludge incinerated130
Annual sludge production, total130
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit130
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill130
Annual amt sludge transported interstate130
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system130
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement130
Boundary areas130
Salmonella130
Pollutant table from 503.13130
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C030
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]110
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
June 29, 2026Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
December 19, 2019Permit 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

This public-records page covers NPDES permit TX0118397 for the CITY OF MANVEL WWTP in Manvel, TX, which discharges to BCFC DITCH; CHOCOLATE BAYOU ABOVE TIDAL in the Mustang Bayou subwatershed (HUC 120402040400). The permit is listed as Effective and as a Minor discharger class permit, and the page shows 39 pollutants on file, 38 under a numeric limit, 5 with an effluent exceedance, and 38 with a violation of any kind.