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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0133302

CITY OF LA VILLA WWTF, La Villa, TX: NPDES TX0133302 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CITY OF LA VILLA WWTF, held by LA VILLA, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit TX0133302, which discharges to Unnamed Ditch;N Floodway;Lagnuna Madre. EPA’s file records it issued April 8, 2016 and expiring July 1, 2020. 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 filedCITY OF LA VILLA WWTF
Permittee as filedLA VILLA, CITY OF
NPDES IDTX0133302
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
IssuedApril 8, 2016
Expiration dateJuly 1, 2020
AddressLa Villa, TX 78562
Receiving waterUNNAMED DITCH;N FLOODWAY;LAGNUNA MADRE
SubwatershedUpper Pilot Channel-Laguna Madre (HUC 121102080300)
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 plant412294June 30, 2026141,917,408% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]69862July 31, 2026464% over the limit
Solids, total suspended6459March 31, 202580% over the limit
pH3357July 31, 2020
Chlorine, total residual2284June 30, 202033% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]6393June 30, 201925% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1131May 31, 20189% over the limit
E. coli2280
Arsenic, dry weight5200
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]5200
Selenium, dry weight3120
Copper, dry weight3120
Cadmium, dry weight3120
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]3120
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]3120
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]3120
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]3120
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]3120
Nickel, total [as Ni]280
Level of pathogen requirements achieved280
Description of pathogen option used280
Vector attraction reduction alternative used280
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]160
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure160
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method160
Annual amt of sludge incinerated160
Annual amount of sludge land applied160
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit160
Annual amt sludge transported interstate160
Annual sludge production, total150
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill150
Fecal coliform140
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system140
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement140
Boundary areas140
Salmonella140
Pollutant table from 503.13140
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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
January 26, 2023Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
May 2, 2022Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
April 16, 2021Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
August 9, 2018Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6

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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 TX0133302 for the CITY OF LA VILLA WWTF in La Villa, TX, a minor discharger whose permit is administratively continued after its July 1, 2020 expiration date. The page lists 7 pollutants under a numeric limit and 7 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit's status and dates as they stood when the record was loaded on October 14, 2026.