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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0122823

OAK CREST MHP WWTP, Brazoria County, TX: NPDES TX0122823 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

OAK CREST MHP WWTP, held by MANVEL UTILITIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, holds NPDES permit TX0122823, which discharges to Mustang Bayou;Persimmon Bayou;New Bayou;Choc Bay. EPA’s file records it issued February 28, 2019 and expiring February 28, 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 filedOAK CREST MHP WWTP
Permittee as filedMANVEL UTILITIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
NPDES IDTX0122823
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
IssuedFebruary 28, 2019
Expiration dateFebruary 28, 2024
AddressBrazoria County, TX 77578
Receiving waterMUSTANG BAYOU;PERSIMMON BAYOU;NEW BAYOU;CHOC BAY
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
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]36222April 30, 2025774% over the limit
E. coli2277June 30, 20251,113% over the limit
Solids, total suspended3455January 31, 202451% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2335September 30, 2015113% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]3400
pH3270
Chlorine, total residual2260
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1130
Arsenic, dry weight590
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]590
Nickel, total [as Ni]260
Level of pathogen requirements achieved240
Description of pathogen option used240
Vector attraction reduction alternative used240
Selenium, dry weight330
Copper, dry weight330
Cadmium, dry weight330
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]330
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]330
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]330
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]330
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]330
Fecal coliform130
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]130
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure130
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method130
Annual sludge production, total130
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system130
Boundary areas130
Salmonella130
Annual amt of sludge incinerated120
Annual amount of sludge land applied120
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit120
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill120
Annual amt sludge transported interstate120
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement110
Pollutant table from 503.13110
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 12, 2024Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
February 10, 2022Permit 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 TX0122823 for the OAK CREST MHP WWTP in Brazoria County, TX, held by MANVEL UTILITIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, which discharges to Mustang Bayou, Persimmon Bayou, New Bayou and Choc Bay. The permit is administratively continued and classed as a Minor Discharger, with 4 pollutants under a numeric limit and 4 pollutants with an effluent exceedance recorded. The permit was issued February 28, 2019 and expired February 28, 2024, and the status reflects EPA's permit file as loaded on October 14, 2026.