Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0132411

CITY OF BRIDGEPORT WWTP, Bridge City, TX: NPDES TX0132411 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
8Pollutants under a numeric limit
7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

CITY OF BRIDGEPORT WWTP, held by BRIDGEPORT, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit TX0132411, which discharges to Directly West Fork Thinity Tiver Below Bridgeport. EPA’s file records it issued March 9, 2020 and expiring March 9, 2025.

CITY OF BRIDGEPORT WWTP, Bridge City, Texas: Individual permit TX0132411, held by BRIDGEPORT, CITY OF; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued March 9, 2020, term to March 9, 2025; discharges to DIRECTLY WEST FORK THINITY TIVER BELOW BRIDGEPORT.

Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 6 limits, 113 violations of any kind, 110 effluent exceedances, latest October 31, 2022, largest 4,907% over the limit.
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 3 limits, 63 violations of any kind, 23 effluent exceedances, latest September 30, 2023, largest 55% over the limit.
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 1 limit, 14 violations of any kind, 13 effluent exceedances, latest September 30, 2022, largest 31% over the limit.
Solids, total suspended: 3 limits, 9 violations of any kind, 6 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2020, largest 54% over the limit.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 6 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2016, largest 24% over the limit.
E. coli: 2 limits, 5 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2025, largest 99,999% over the limit.
pH: 2 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest October 31, 2016.
Chlorine, total residual: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure: 0 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Fecal coliform: 0 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Salmonella: 0 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

April 25, 2025: Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment (ST6).
March 12, 2025: Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment (ST6).
July 19, 2023: Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment (ST6).
February 8, 2022: Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment (ST6).
January 30, 2017: Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment (ST6).

Texas holds 1,720 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 1,327 were issued before TX0132411.

Coverages issued nearest TX0132411

March 3, 2020: CITY OF SWEENY WWTP, Sweeny, TX0024511, held by SWEENY, CITY OF
March 3, 2020: EAST BASTROP WWTP, Bastrop, TX0032671, held by BASTROP, CITY OF
March 3, 2020: SOMERSET WWTP, Somerset, TX0074331, held by SOMERSET, CITY OF
March 3, 2020: GENERATION PARK MANAGEMENT DISTRICT WWTF, Houston, TX0127981, held by GENERATION PARK MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
March 3, 2020: CASTLETOP CAPITAL HAYS ABC WWTP, Hays County, TX0128201, held by NORTH HAYS COUNTY MUD 1
March 11, 2020: WALNUT BRANCH WWTP, Seguin, TX0022365, held by SEGUIN, CITY OF
March 11, 2020: CITY OF BRAZORIA WWTP, Brazoria, TX0025615, held by BRAZORIA, CITY OF
March 11, 2020: SEADRIFT WWTP, Seadrift, TX0026671, held by SEADRIFT, CITY OF
March 11, 2020: CITY OF SOUTH HOUSTON WWTP, South Houston, TX0057304, held by SOUTH HOUSTON, CITY OF
March 11, 2020: BRUSHY WEST REGIONAL WWTP, Round Rock, TX0075167, held by ROUND ROCK, CEDAR PARK, LEANDER, AUSTIN, OF CITIES

CITY OF BRIDGEPORT WWTP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 26 discharge permits in the Dry Creek-West Fork Trinity River subwatershed (HUC 120301010411), TX0132411 among them. Its county holds 91, 11 of them major permits; TX0132411 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Dry Creek-West Fork Trinity River subwatershed (HUC 120301010411)

BRIDGEPORT, Bridgeport: TXG111249, minor permit, discharging to SURFACE DITCH AT SH 380, permit term to November 7, 2021
BRIDGEPORT PLANT, Bridgeport: TXR05FW83, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2026
BRIDGEPORT QUARRY, Chico: TX0000825, minor permit, discharging to UNNAMED TRIB OF DRY CREEK, W FORK T, permit term to December 1, 2021
CBP NO 1, Bridgeport: TXG113206, minor permit, permit term to November 6, 2026
CHICO QUARRY - PLANT 2, Chico: TXR05GA10, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2026
CITY OF CHICO, Chico: TX0023787, minor permit, discharging to DRY CREEK;GRAVEL PITS;W FORT TRINITY RIVER, permit term to December 1, 2021
COX READY MIX CHICO PLANT, Chico: TXG110797, minor permit, permit term to November 7, 2016
COX READY MIX CHICO PLANT, Chico: TXG114148, minor permit, permit term to November 6, 2026
CREEDENCE, Bridgeport: TXR05GV93, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2026
CRISP INDUSTRIES, Bridgeport: TXR05GJ35, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2026

Identity

Facility as filed	CITY OF BRIDGEPORT WWTP
Permittee as filed	BRIDGEPORT, CITY OF
NPDES ID	TX0132411
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Publicly owned treatment works
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	March 9, 2020
Expiration date	March 9, 2025
Address	Bridge City, TX 76426
Receiving water	DIRECTLY WEST FORK THINITY TIVER BELOW BRIDGEPORT
Subwatershed	Dry Creek-West Fork Trinity River (HUC 120301010411)

Effluent limits and exceedances

11Pollutants on file
8Under a numeric limit
11With a violation of any kind
7With 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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	6	113	110	October 31, 2022	4,907% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	3	63	23	September 30, 2023	55% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	14	13	September 30, 2022	31% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	3	9	6	March 31, 2020	54% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	8	6	June 30, 2016	24% over the limit
E. coli	2	5	3	July 31, 2025	99,999% over the limit
pH	2	3	1	October 31, 2016
Chlorine, total residual	2	2	0
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure	0	2	0
Fecal coliform	0	1	0
Salmonella	0	1	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

5Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
April 25, 2025	Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment	ST6
March 12, 2025	Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment	ST6
July 19, 2023	Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment	ST6
February 8, 2022	Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment	ST6
January 30, 2017	Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment	ST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TX0132411.

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 TX0132411.

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This public-records page covers NPDES permit TX0132411, held by BRIDGEPORT, CITY OF for the CITY OF BRIDGEPORT WWTP in Bridge City, TX, with its status shown as administratively continued. The page lists 8 as the discharger class, 7 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 7 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the facts stating the permit was issued March 9, 2020 and expired March 9, 2025.