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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0122564

EVADALE WWTP, Evadale, TX: NPDES TX0122564 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EVADALE WWTP, held by EVADALE WCID 1, holds NPDES permit TX0122564, which discharges to Neches River Below B.A. Steinhagen. EPA’s file records it issued October 7, 2016 and expiring August 1, 2021. 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 filedEVADALE WWTP
Permittee as filedEVADALE WCID 1
NPDES IDTX0122564
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedOctober 7, 2016
Expiration dateAugust 1, 2021
AddressEvadale, TX 77612
Receiving waterNECHES RIVER BELOW B.A. STEINHAGEN
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedThe Cutoff-Neches River (HUC 120200030401)
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
E. coli29775June 30, 20262,555% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant25434May 31, 202493,650% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]13425August 31, 202360% over the limit
pH3339April 30, 2018
Solids, total suspended2193September 30, 201215% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C3351September 30, 2023143% over the limit
Arsenic, dry weight5100
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]5100
Selenium, dry weight360
Copper, dry weight360
Cadmium, dry weight360
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]360
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]360
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]360
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]360
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]360
Nickel, total [as Ni]240
Level of pathogen requirements achieved240
Description of pathogen option used240
Vector attraction reduction alternative used240
Fecal coliform120
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]120
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure120
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method120
Annual amt of sludge incinerated120
Annual sludge production, total120
Annual amount of sludge land applied120
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit120
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill120
Annual amt sludge transported interstate120
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system120
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement120
Boundary areas120
Salmonella120
Pollutant table from 503.13120
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
April 28, 2026Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
December 2, 2024Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
January 24, 2024Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
February 23, 2023Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
March 1, 2018Permit 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 TX0122564 for the EVADALE WWTP in Evadale, TX, held by EVADALE WCID 1, which discharges to the Neches River Below B.A. Steinhagen. The permit is classed as a Minor Discharger, is administratively continued, and lists 6 pollutants under a numeric limit and 6 pollutants with an effluent exceedance. The permit was issued October 7, 2016 and expired August 1, 2021.