Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0139220

HARRIS COUNTY MUD 43, Harris County, TX: NPDES TX0139220 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
8Pollutants under a numeric limit
1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

HARRIS COUNTY MUD 43, held by HARRIS COUNTY MUD NO 43, holds NPDES permit TX0139220, which discharges to Hcfcd Ditch K1120000;Wild Cow Gulch;Cypress Crk. EPA’s file records it issued January 28, 2020 and expiring January 28, 2025.

HARRIS COUNTY MUD 43, Harris County, Texas: Individual permit TX0139220, held by HARRIS COUNTY MUD NO 43; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued January 28, 2020, term to January 28, 2025; discharges to HCFCD DITCH K1120000;WILD COW GULCH;CYPRESS CRK.

pH: 2 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest July 31, 2022.
Solids, total suspended: 3 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 3 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 3 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Chlorine, total residual: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
E. coli: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Texas holds 1,720 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 1,301 were issued before TX0139220.

Coverages issued nearest TX0139220

January 24, 2020: CITY OF BARTLETT WWTP, Bartlett, TX0027006, held by BARTLETT, CITY OF
January 24, 2020: POLK STREET WWTP, Whitney, TX0106551, held by WHITNEY, CITY OF
January 24, 2020: WILLOW CREEK WWTP, Smithville, TX0113786, held by SMITHVILLE, CITY OF
January 28, 2020: BEACH ROAD MUD WWTP, Matagorda, TX0105988, held by BEACH ROAD MUD
January 28, 2020: TIDEHAVEN JHS HS WWTP, Elmaton, TX0136280, held by TIDEHAVEN ISD
January 29, 2020: FAIRVIEW MEADOWS WWTP, New Fairview, TX0140775, held by NEW FAIRVIEW MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT 1
February 10, 2020: BRADY WWTP, Brady, TX0034312, held by BRADY, CITY OF
February 10, 2020: CITY OF BIG SPRING WATER RECLAMATION PLANT, Big Spring, TX0047023, held by BIG SPRING, CITY OF
February 11, 2020: LA GRANGE WWTP, La Grange, TX0020923, held by LA GRANGE, CITY OF
February 11, 2020: GAZLEY CREEK WWTP, Smithville, TX0022951, held by SMITHVILLE, CITY OF

HARRIS COUNTY MUD 43 among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 170 discharge permits in the Turkey Creek-Cypress Creek subwatershed (HUC 120401020107), TX0139220 among them. Its county holds 4,455, 195 of them major permits; TX0139220 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Turkey Creek-Cypress Creek subwatershed (HUC 120401020107)

AMAZONCOM SERVICES SAH1, Houston: TXR05GP18, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2026
AMC FACILITIES WWTF, Houston: TX0083836, minor permit, discharging to ONSITE POND;UNNAMED DITCH;HCFCD P140-04-03, permit term to December 1, 2022
AMERICAN BUILDERS & CONTRACTORS SUPPLY, Houston: TXR05GD66, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2026
ARTHUR BAYER PARK WWTP, Houston: TX0096865, minor permit, discharging to LEMM GULLY; CYPRESS CREEK, permit term to February 1, 2018
BASS PRO SHOPS OUTDOOR WORLD - SPRING, Spring: TXR1572PD, minor permit, discharging to WUNSCHE GULLY, permit term to March 4, 2028
BAUER HOCKLEY MINI STORAGE, Hockley: TXR1540YX, minor permit, discharging to LAKE HOUSTON, permit term to March 4, 2028
BRADBURY FOREST SECTION 11-14, Spring: TXR1511NG, minor permit, discharging to SPRING CREEK, permit term to March 4, 2028
BRIDGESTONE MUD WWTP NO. 1, Houston: TX0072150, major permit, discharging to SEALS GULLY, CYPRESS CREEK, permit term to April 13, 2024
BRIDGESTONE MUD WWTP NO. 2, Tomball: TX0140643, minor permit, discharging to SPRING CREEK, permit term to March 14, 2027
BRIDGESTONE WWTP NO 1 IMPROVEMENTS, Spring: TXR1566XA, minor permit, discharging to CYPRESS CREEK, permit term to March 4, 2028

Identity

Facility as filed	HARRIS COUNTY MUD 43
Permittee as filed	HARRIS COUNTY MUD NO 43
NPDES ID	TX0139220
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	January 28, 2020
Expiration date	January 28, 2025
Address	Harris County, TX 77373
Receiving water	HCFCD DITCH K1120000;WILD COW GULCH;CYPRESS CRK
Subwatershed	Turkey Creek-Cypress Creek (HUC 120401020107)

Effluent limits and exceedances

8Pollutants on file
8Under a numeric limit
1With a violation of any kind
1With 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
pH	2	1	1	July 31, 2022
Solids, total suspended	3	0	0
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	3	0	0
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	3	0	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	0	0
Chlorine, total residual	2	0	0
E. coli	2	0	0
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	0	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TX0139220.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TX0139220.

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 TX0139220.

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES TX0139220, held by HARRIS COUNTY MUD NO 43 for HARRIS COUNTY MUD 43 in Harris County, TX, which is administratively continued and classed as a Minor Discharger. The page lists 8 pollutants under a numeric limit and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance, with the permit issued January 28, 2020 and expiring January 28, 2025, and the receiving water recorded as HCFCD DITCH K1120000;WILD COW GULCH;CYPRESS CRK within the HUC 120401020107 subwatershed.