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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0133043

SOUTHWEST WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY, League City, TX: NPDES TX0133043 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SOUTHWEST WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY, held by LEAGUE CITY CITY OF, holds NPDES permit TX0133043, which discharges to Via Pipe To Man-Made Ditch;Magnolia Creek. EPA’s file records it issued November 6, 2018 and expiring November 6, 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 filedSOUTHWEST WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY
Permittee as filedLEAGUE CITY CITY OF
NPDES IDTX0133043
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedNovember 6, 2018
Expiration dateNovember 6, 2023
AddressLeague City, TX 77573
Receiving waterVIA PIPE TO MAN-MADE DITCH;MAGNOLIA CREEK
SubwatershedClear Creek-Frontal Galveston Bay (HUC 120402040100)
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
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant490
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas460
Solids, total suspended360
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]360
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]360
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia440
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas440
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia440
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas440
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia440
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas440
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia440
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pinephales promelas440
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia440
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas440
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia440
pH340
E. coli240
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]120
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]110
Annual amt of sludge incinerated110
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1700
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2700
Arsenic, dry weight500
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]500
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
Level of pathogen requirements achieved200
Description of pathogen option used200
Vector attraction reduction alternative used200
Fecal coliform100
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure100
Annual whole sludge application rate100
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method100
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
Salmonella100
Pollutant table from 503.13100
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute D. Pulex100
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales promelas100

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES TX0133043.

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 TX0133043.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TX0133043.

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 TX0133043.

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 TX0133043 for the Southwest Water Reclamation Facility in League City, TX, held by the League City City of and listed as administratively continued. The figures shown are 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit classed as a Major Discharger.