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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0129925

CITY OF RICHMOND SOUTH WWTP, Richmond, TX: NPDES TX0129925 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CITY OF RICHMOND SOUTH WWTP, held by RICHMOND, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit TX0129925, which discharges to Rabbs Bayou, Diversion Channel, Middle Bayou. 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 (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedCITY OF RICHMOND SOUTH WWTP
Permittee as filedRICHMOND, CITY OF
NPDES IDTX0129925
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
IssuedOctober 7, 2019
Expiration dateOctober 7, 2024
AddressRichmond, TX 77469
Receiving waterRABBS BAYOU, DIVERSION CHANNEL, MIDDLE BAYOU
SubwatershedRabbs Bayou-Brazos River (HUC 120701040402)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO 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
Chlorine, total residual21515May 31, 2023110% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]366March 31, 202644% over the limit
E. coli266July 31, 20261,113% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]311April 30, 201457% over the limit
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia040
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas040
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia040
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas040
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia040
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas040
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia040
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pinephales promelas040
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia040
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas040
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia040
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas040
Fecal coliform110
Salmonella110
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute D. Pulex010
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales promelas010
Arsenic, dry weight500
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]500
pH300
Solids, total suspended300
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
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant200
Level of pathogen requirements achieved200
Description of pathogen option used200
Vector attraction reduction alternative used200
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]100
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
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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TX0129925.

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 discharge permit TX0129925, held by RICHMOND, CITY OF for the CITY OF RICHMOND SOUTH WWTP in Richmond, TX, with an administratively continued status and a Minor discharger class. The page lists 38 under the Minor discharger class, 4 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 4 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the receiving water given as Rabbs Bayou, Diversion Channel and Middle Bayou in the Rabbs Bayou-Brazos River subwatershed (HUC 120701040402).