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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0125741

THE COLONY MUD 1A WWTF, Bastrop, TX: NPDES TX0125741 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

THE COLONY MUD 1A WWTF, held by THE COLONY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT 1A, holds NPDES permit TX0125741, which discharges to Colorado River Above La Grange. EPA’s file records it issued December 6, 2019 and expiring December 6, 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 filedTHE COLONY MUD 1A WWTF
Permittee as filedTHE COLONY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT 1A
NPDES IDTX0125741
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
IssuedDecember 6, 2019
Expiration dateDecember 6, 2024
AddressBastrop, TX 78602
Receiving waterCOLORADO RIVER ABOVE LA GRANGE
SubwatershedBig Sandy Creek-Colorado River (HUC 120903010204)
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
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant24136September 30, 2025140,900% over the limit
E. coli42318May 31, 202199,999% over the limit
Solids, total suspended32614May 31, 2025480% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]196July 31, 202360% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]3205April 30, 2022794% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]3163March 31, 2022217% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual2133March 31, 202495% over the limit
pH370
Arsenic, dry weight550
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]550
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
Nickel, total [as Ni]220
Level of pathogen requirements achieved220
Description of pathogen option used220
Vector attraction reduction alternative used220
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]120
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure120
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement120
Fecal coliform110
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method110
Annual amt of sludge incinerated110
Annual sludge production, total110
Annual amount of sludge land applied110
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit110
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill110
Annual amt sludge transported interstate110
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system110
Boundary areas110
Salmonella110
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
January 25, 2017Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6

Inspections

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
January 28, 2026FocusedS

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES TX0125741.

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 the NPDES discharge permit TX0125741 for THE COLONY MUD 1A WWTF in Bastrop, TX, held by THE COLONY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT 1A, which discharges to COLORADO RIVER ABOVE LA GRANGE. The page lists a permit status of administratively continued, a discharger class of minor, 38 under the permit's numeric limits, and 7 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.