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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0122297

GEORGE N BAILEY JR WTP, Graford, TX: NPDES TX0122297 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

GEORGE N BAILEY JR WTP, held by POSSUM KINGDOM WSC, holds NPDES permit TX0122297, which discharges to Possum Kingdom Lake. EPA’s file records it issued June 18, 2019 and expiring June 18, 2024.

GEORGE N BAILEY JR WTP, Graford, Texas: Individual permit TX0122297, held by POSSUM KINGDOM WSC; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued June 18, 2019, term to June 18, 2024; discharges to POSSUM KINGDOM LAKE.

  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 60 violations of any kind, 34 effluent exceedances, latest August 31, 2015, largest 31,718% over the limit.
  • Copper, total [as Cu]: 2 limits, 30 violations of any kind, 18 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2021, largest 177% over the limit.
  • Chloride [as Cl]: 1 limit, 36 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Solids, total suspended: 1 limit, 34 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Sulfate, total [as SO4]: 1 limit, 34 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Solids, total dissolved: 1 limit, 32 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • pH: 2 limits, 16 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • March 11, 2026: Phone Call/ EMAIL (State).
  • August 7, 2024: Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment (ST6).
  • November 8, 2018: Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment (ST6).

GEORGE N BAILEY JR WTP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 4 discharge permits in the Jowell Creek-Possom Kingdom Lake subwatershed (HUC 120602010506), TX0122297 among them. Its county holds 50, 1 of them major permits; TX0122297 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Jowell Creek-Possom Kingdom Lake subwatershed (HUC 120602010506)

  • JUNIPER POINTE DEVELOPMENT, Graford: TXR1554GT, minor permit, discharging to POSSUM KINGDOM LAKE, permit term to March 4, 2023
  • SPORTMAN'S WORLD MUD, Palo Pinto County: TX0086371, minor permit, discharging to POSSUM KINGDOM LAKE, permit term to May 1, 2014
  • SPORTSMANS WORLD MUD WTP, Strawn: TX0139408, minor permit, discharging to POSSUM KINGDOM LAKE, permit term to May 4, 2025

Identity

Facility as filedGEORGE N BAILEY JR WTP
Permittee as filedPOSSUM KINGDOM WSC
NPDES IDTX0122297
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedJune 18, 2019
Expiration dateJune 18, 2024
AddressGraford, TX 76449
Receiving waterPOSSUM KINGDOM LAKE
SubwatershedJowell Creek-Possom Kingdom Lake (HUC 120602010506)

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
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant26034August 31, 201531,718% over the limit
Copper, total [as Cu]23018July 31, 2021177% over the limit
Chloride [as Cl]1360
Solids, total suspended1340
Sulfate, total [as SO4]1340
Solids, total dissolved1320
pH2160

Inspections, violations and enforcement

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
August 7, 2024Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
November 8, 2018Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TX0122297.

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
March 11, 2026Phone Call/ EMAILState

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This public-records page covers NPDES permit TX0122297 for the GEORGE N BAILEY JR WTP in Graford, TX, held by POSSUM KINGDOM WSC and discharging to Possum Kingdom Lake in the Jowell Creek-Possom Kingdom Lake subwatershed (HUC 120602010506). The permit is administratively continued, classed as a minor discharger, and lists 7 pollutants on file, 7 under a numeric limit, and 2 with an effluent exceedance.