Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0127973
TERRA VERDE WWTP, Hockley, TX: NPDES TX0127973 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 8Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 0Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
TERRA VERDE WWTP, held by TERRA VERDE UTILITY COMPANY LLC, holds NPDES permit TX0127973, which discharges to Spring Creek. EPA’s file records it issued October 7, 2019 and expiring October 7, 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 filed | TERRA VERDE WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | TERRA VERDE UTILITY COMPANY LLC |
| NPDES ID | TX0127973 |
| 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 | October 7, 2019 |
| Expiration date | October 7, 2024 |
| Address | Hockley, TX 77447 |
| Receiving water | SPRING CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Sugar Creek-Spring Creek (HUC 120401020205) |
| SIC | 4952 – 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
- 8Pollutants on file
- 8Under a numeric limit
- 8With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. coli | 2 | 10 | 2 | October 31, 2022 | 208% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 8 | 2 | January 31, 2024 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 3 | 9 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 3 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 3 | 0 |
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 TX0127973.
Inspections
EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TX0127973.
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 TX0127973.
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 October 14, 2026.