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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0129178

SEDONA LAKES WWTP, Brazoria County, TX: NPDES TX0129178 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SEDONA LAKES WWTP, held by SEDONA LAKES MUD 1, holds NPDES permit TX0129178, which discharges to Mustang Bayou;Persimmon Bayou;New Bayou;Chocolate. EPA’s file records it issued December 3, 2018 and expiring December 3, 2023. 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 filedSEDONA LAKES WWTP
Permittee as filedSEDONA LAKES MUD 1
NPDES IDTX0129178
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 3, 2018
Expiration dateDecember 3, 2023
AddressBrazoria County, TX 77578
Receiving waterMUSTANG BAYOU;PERSIMMON BAYOU;NEW BAYOU;CHOCOLATE
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
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
E. coli293May 31, 20141,196% over the limit
Solids, total suspended352March 31, 20266% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual231August 31, 20231% over the limit
Arsenic, dry weight550
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]550
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C330
pH330
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
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant220
Level of pathogen requirements achieved220
Description of pathogen option used220
Vector attraction reduction alternative used220
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]110
Fecal coliform110
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]110
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure110
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
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement110
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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TX0129178.

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 TX0129178 for the SEDONA LAKES WWTP in Brazoria County, TX, held by SEDONA LAKES MUD 1, which discharges to Mustang Bayou, Persimmon Bayou, New Bayou, and Chocolate. The permit is listed as administratively continued with a Minor Discharger class, 3 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance. The file shows the permit issued December 3, 2018 and expiring December 3, 2023, with the subwatershed Mustang Bayou (HUC 120402040400).