Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0140279

FORT BEND COUNTY MUD NO 229 WWTP, Fulshear, TX: NPDES TX0140279 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
8Pollutants under a numeric limit
2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

FORT BEND COUNTY MUD NO 229 WWTP, held by FORT BEND COUNTY MUD NO 229, holds NPDES permit TX0140279, which discharges to Upper Oyster Creek. EPA’s file records it issued July 29, 2021 and expiring July 29, 2026. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filed	FORT BEND COUNTY MUD NO 229 WWTP
Permittee as filed	FORT BEND COUNTY MUD NO 229
NPDES ID	TX0140279
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	July 29, 2021
Expiration date	July 29, 2026
Address	Fulshear, TX 77056
Receiving water	Upper Oyster Creek
Subwatershed	Upper Oyster Creek (HUC 120402050100)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

8Pollutants on file
8Under a numeric limit
8With a violation of any kind
2With 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]	3	44	2	March 31, 2026	50% over the limit
pH	2	30	2	July 31, 2026
Solids, total suspended	3	42	0
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	3	42	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	28	0
Chlorine, total residual	2	28	0
E. coli	2	28	0
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	14	0

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

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TX0140279.

Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not include the inspections, formal enforcement actions and informal enforcement actions files, so this page shows none of them. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO lists this permit’s inspections, enforcement actions and penalties.

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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.

This public-records page covers NPDES permit TX0140279 for the FORT BEND COUNTY MUD NO 229 WWTP in Fulshear, TX, held by FORT BEND COUNTY MUD NO 229 and discharging to Upper Oyster Creek. The permit is listed as administratively continued, with a minor discharger class and an issue date of July 29, 2021 and an expiration date of July 29, 2026. The page reports 8 pollutants on file, 8 under a numeric limit, 2 with an effluent exceedance, and a discharger class of 8.