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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0123633

BRAZORIA COUNTY MUD 21 WWTP, Brazoria County, TX: NPDES TX0123633 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BRAZORIA COUNTY MUD 21 WWTP, held by BRAZORIA COUNTY MUD 21, holds NPDES permit TX0123633, which discharges to Unnamed Mud Ditch Seg. No. 1108. EPA’s file records it issued January 9, 2019 and expiring January 9, 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 filedBRAZORIA COUNTY MUD 21 WWTP
Permittee as filedBRAZORIA COUNTY MUD 21
NPDES IDTX0123633
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedJanuary 9, 2019
Expiration dateJanuary 9, 2024
AddressBrazoria County, TX 77583
Receiving waterUNNAMED MUD DITCH SEG. NO. 1108
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]62222March 31, 2012747% over the limit
Solids, total suspended61714May 31, 2026188% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C099December 31, 2010543% over the limit
E. coli433October 31, 2025609% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]671October 31, 201115% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual231April 30, 20186% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]121July 31, 202425% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant411November 30, 200418% over the limit
Solids, total dissolved030
Arsenic, dry weight500
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]500
pH300
Selenium, dry weight300
Copper, dry weight300
Cadmium, dry weight300
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]300
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]300
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]300
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]300
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]300
Nickel, total [as Ni]200
Level of pathogen requirements achieved200
Description of pathogen option used200
Vector attraction reduction alternative used200
Fecal coliform100
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]100
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure100
Annual whole sludge application rate100
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method100
Annual amt of sludge incinerated100
Annual sludge production, total100
Annual amount of sludge land applied100
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit100
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill100
Annual amt sludge transported interstate100
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system100
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement100
Boundary areas100
Salmonella100
Pollutant table from 503.13100

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 14, 2025Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
June 14, 2023Permit 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 TX0123633 for the BRAZORIA COUNTY MUD 21 WWTP in Brazoria County, TX, which is administratively continued and classed as a Major Discharger. The page lists 8 pollutants under a numeric limit and 8 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit issued January 9, 2019 and expiring January 9, 2024.