Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0140848

EAST MONTGOMERY COUNTY MUD 5 WWTP NO. 2, New Caney, TX: NPDES TX0140848 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
8Pollutants under a numeric limit
6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

EAST MONTGOMERY COUNTY MUD 5 WWTP NO. 2, held by EAST MONTGOMERY COUNTY MUD 5, holds NPDES permit TX0140848, which discharges to Caney Creek. EPA’s file records it issued January 19, 2022 and expiring January 19, 2027. 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	EAST MONTGOMERY COUNTY MUD 5 WWTP NO. 2
Permittee as filed	EAST MONTGOMERY COUNTY MUD 5
NPDES ID	TX0140848
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Publicly owned treatment works
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	January 19, 2022
Expiration date	January 19, 2027
Address	New Caney, TX 77357
Receiving water	Caney Creek
Subwatershed	Dry Creek-Caney Creek (HUC 120401030105)

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
6With 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
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	4	19	7	February 28, 2026	167% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	6	24	6	January 31, 2026	462% over the limit
E. coli	2	15	3	November 30, 2024	3,741% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	6	20	2	December 31, 2025	80% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	6	19	1	December 31, 2025	49% over the limit
pH	2	13	1	October 31, 2024
Chlorine, total residual	2	12	0
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	6	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

1Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
February 6, 2026	Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environment	ST6

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 TX0140848, held by EAST MONTGOMERY COUNTY MUD 5 for the EAST MONTGOMERY COUNTY MUD 5 WWTP NO. 2 in New Caney, TX, which discharges to Caney Creek within the Dry Creek-Caney Creek subwatershed (HUC 120401030105). The page lists 8 pollutants on file, 8 under a numeric limit, and 6 with an effluent exceedance.