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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0122351

SAN AUGUSTINE WATER TREATMENT PLANT, San Augustine, TX: NPDES TX0122351 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SAN AUGUSTINE WATER TREATMENT PLANT, held by SAN AUGUSTINE, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit TX0122351, which discharges to Sam Rayburn Reservoir. EPA’s file records it issued March 25, 2021 and expiring March 25, 2026. 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 filedSAN AUGUSTINE WATER TREATMENT PLANT
Permittee as filedSAN AUGUSTINE, CITY OF
NPDES IDTX0122351
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
IssuedMarch 25, 2021
Expiration dateMarch 25, 2026
AddressSan Augustine, TX 75972
Receiving waterSam Rayburn Reservoir
SubwatershedVenado Creek-Ayish Bayou (HUC 120200050701)
SIC4941 – Water Supply

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
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant29132January 31, 2021678% over the limit
Solids, total suspended310825September 30, 20256,050% over the limit
pH2571April 30, 2008
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]060
Arsenic, dry weight030
Selenium, dry weight030
Copper, dry weight030
Cadmium, dry weight030
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]030
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]030
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]030
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]030
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]030
Pollutant table from 503.13020
Level of pathogen requirements achieved020
Description of pathogen option used020
Vector attraction reduction alternative used020
Fecal coliform010
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]010
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure010
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method010
Annual amt of sludge incinerated010
Annual sludge production, total010
Annual amount of sludge land applied010
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit010
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill010
Annual amt sludge transported interstate010
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement010
Salmonella010

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 30, 2024Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
January 31, 2023Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
May 23, 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 Clean Water Act NPDES permit TX0122351 for the San Augustine Water Treatment Plant in San Augustine, TX, held by San Augustine, City of, and discharging to Sam Rayburn Reservoir within the Venado Creek-Ayish Bayou subwatershed (HUC 120200050701). The permit is listed as administratively continued, with 3 pollutants under a numeric limit and 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.