Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0126446
CITY OF HOUSTON EAST WATER PURIFICATION PLANT WTF, Galena Park, TX: NPDES TX0126446 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 3Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CITY OF HOUSTON EAST WATER PURIFICATION PLANT WTF, held by HOUSTON, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit TX0126446, which discharges to 60in Metal Ppipe Hunting Bayou. EPA’s file records it issued September 14, 2012 and expiring September 1, 2017. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | CITY OF HOUSTON EAST WATER PURIFICATION PLANT WTF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | HOUSTON, CITY OF |
| NPDES ID | TX0126446 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 14, 2012 |
| Expiration date | September 1, 2017 |
| Address | Galena Park, TX 77547 |
| Receiving water | 60IN METAL PPIPE HUNTING BAYOU |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Hunting Bayou (HUC 120401040701) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 3Pollutants on file
- 3Under a numeric limit
- 3With a violation of any kind
- 0With an effluent exceedance
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 measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 24 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 14 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES TX0126446.
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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TX0126446.
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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.