Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0138614

CITY OF HOWE WWTP, Howe, TX: NPDES TX0138614 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

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

CITY OF HOWE WWTP, held by HOME COMMERCIAL LTD, holds NPDES permit TX0138614, which discharges to East Prong Whites Ck;Soil Conservation Srv Rev 39. EPA’s file records it issued May 3, 2019 and expiring May 3, 2024.

CITY OF HOWE WWTP, Howe, Texas: Individual permit TX0138614, held by HOME COMMERCIAL LTD; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued May 3, 2019, term to May 3, 2024; discharges to EAST PRONG WHITES CK;SOIL CONSERVATION SRV REV 39.

Texas holds 1,720 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 1,069 were issued before TX0138614.

Coverages issued nearest TX0138614

April 23, 2019: WILD PEACH ELEMENTARY WWTP, West Columbia, TX0079235, held by COLUMBIA-BRAZORIA ISD
April 23, 2019: PATTON VILLAGE WWTP, Patton Village, TX0135721, held by PATTON VILLAGE, CITY OF
May 3, 2019: STEPHENVILLE WWTP, Stephenville, TX0024228, held by STEPHENVILLE, CITY OF
May 3, 2019: MEXIA STATE SUPPORTED LIVING CENTER WWTP, Mexia, TX0030775, held by TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
May 3, 2019: HARRIS COUNTY MUD 565 WWTP, Hockley, TX0138525, held by HARRIS COUNTY MUD 565
May 6, 2019: CITY OF DRIPPING SPRINGS SOUTH REGIONAL WWTP, Dripping Springs, TX0136778, held by CITY OF DRIPPING SPRINGS
May 10, 2019: WESTWOOD SHORES MUD WWTP, Trinity, TX0027677, held by WESTWOOD SHORES MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT
May 10, 2019: CITY OF MERKEL WWTP, Merkel, TX0111341, held by MERKEL, CITY OF
May 10, 2019: CITY OF NEW LONDON SEXTON CITY WWTP, New London, TX0114847, held by NEW LONDON, CITY OF
May 13, 2019: CITY OF BRECKENRIDGE WWTP, Breckenridge, TX0023213, held by BRECKENRIDGE, CITY OF

CITY OF HOWE WWTP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 71 discharge permits in the Whites Creek-East Fork Trinity River subwatershed (HUC 120301060202), TX0138614 among them. Its county holds 289, 3 of them major permits; TX0138614 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Whites Creek-East Fork Trinity River subwatershed (HUC 120301060202)

2228 DEER RIDGE THE HILLS OF LONESTAR - HOME BUILDING, Celina: TXR1599YP, minor permit, discharging to EAST FORK TRINITY RIVER ABOVE LAKE LAVON, permit term to March 4, 2028
BANE MACHINERY DEVELOPMENT - HOWE, Howe: TXR1567YR, minor permit, discharging to WEST PRONG WHITES CREEK, permit term to March 4, 2028
CONCRETE BATCH PLANT SUPPORTING HURRICANE CREEK PH, Anna: TXR1548VF, minor permit, discharging to EAST FORK TRINITY RIVER ABOVE LAKE LAVON, permit term to March 4, 2028
CONCRETE BATCH PLANT SUPPORTING VENETIAN AT WESTON PH2, Weston: TXR1573RP, minor permit, discharging to EAST FORK TRINITY RIVER ABOVE LAKE LAVON, permit term to March 4, 2028
CREEKLINE, Van Alstyne: TXR1532YA, minor permit, discharging to UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF EAST PRONG WHITES CREEK, permit term to March 4, 2028
CRYSTAL LAKE, Anna: TXR1508TS, minor permit, discharging to THROCKMORTON, permit term to March 4, 2028
DSF STANDRIDGE COMMERCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE, Anna: TXR1592YL, minor permit, discharging to EAST FORK TRINITY RIVER ABOVE LAKE LAVON, permit term to March 4, 2028
HURRICANE CREEK, Anna: TXR1555MV, minor permit, discharging to HURRICANE CREEK, permit term to March 4, 2028
HURRICANE CREEK COUNTRY CLUB RENOVATIONS, Anna: TXR1541WG, minor permit, discharging to UNNAMED TRIBUTARY TO HURRICANE CREEK, permit term to March 4, 2028
HURRICANE CREEK WW INTERCEPTOR PH 2, Anna: TXR1504VT, minor permit, discharging to HURRICANE CREEK, permit term to March 4, 2028

What the register holds for CITY OF HOWE WWTP: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Howe, Texas, its receiving water. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES TX0138614.

Identity

Facility as filed	CITY OF HOWE WWTP
Permittee as filed	HOME COMMERCIAL LTD
NPDES ID	TX0138614
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	May 3, 2019
Expiration date	May 3, 2024
Address	Howe, TX 75459
Receiving water	EAST PRONG WHITES CK;SOIL CONSERVATION SRV REV 39
Subwatershed	Whites Creek-East Fork Trinity River (HUC 120301060202)
SIC	4952 – Sewerage Systems

Effluent limits and exceedances

0Pollutants on file
0Under a numeric limit
0With a violation of any kind
0With an effluent exceedance

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES TX0138614.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TX0138614.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TX0138614.

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 TX0138614.

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Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

CITY OF HOWE WWTP is one of 19 potw permits on EPA's NPDES register in Grayson County, and 89.5% of those permits have a violation on file. The permit is also one of 71 NPDES permits in the Whites Creek-East Fork Trinity River subwatershed, and 68.4% of the 19 potw permits in Grayson County have an earlier issue date than this permit.