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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0125512

CITY OF ROSENBERG WWTP 3, Rosenberg, TX: NPDES TX0125512 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CITY OF ROSENBERG WWTP 3, held by ROSENBERG, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit TX0125512, which discharges to Coon Creek;Big Creek;Brazos River;Navasota Rvr. EPA’s file records it issued July 31, 2019 and expiring July 31, 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 filedCITY OF ROSENBERG WWTP 3
Permittee as filedROSENBERG, CITY OF
NPDES IDTX0125512
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
IssuedJuly 31, 2019
Expiration dateJuly 31, 2024
AddressRosenberg, TX 77471
Receiving waterCOON CREEK;BIG CREEK;BRAZOS RIVER;NAVASOTA RVR
SubwatershedCoon Creek-Cottonwood Creek (HUC 120701040404)
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
Solids, total suspended34913February 28, 202682% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C36012August 31, 2025207% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual2353April 30, 202545% over the limit
E. coli2153July 31, 20261,170% over the limit
pH3113January 31, 2013
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2320
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1160
Arsenic, dry weight500
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]500
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 29, 2025Permit 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 TX0125512 held by Rosenberg, City of for CITY OF ROSENBERG WWTP 3 in Rosenberg, TX, a minor discharger class publicly owned treatment works that discharges to Coon Creek, Big Creek, Brazos River and Navasota Rvr. The permit is listed as administratively continued, with an issue date of July 31, 2019 and an expiration date of July 31, 2024. The page lists 37 as the discharger class, 5 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 5 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.