Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0142247

CITY OF PENELOPE WWTP, Penelope, TX: NPDES TX0142247 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
6Pollutants under a numeric limit
6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
1Formal enforcement actions

CITY OF PENELOPE WWTP, held by PENELOPE, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit TX0142247, which discharges to Navarro Mills Lake. EPA’s file records it issued October 11, 2022 and expiring October 11, 2027. 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 filed	CITY OF PENELOPE WWTP
Permittee as filed	PENELOPE, CITY OF
NPDES ID	TX0142247
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Publicly owned treatment works
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	October 11, 2022
Expiration date	October 11, 2027
Address	Penelope, TX 76679
Receiving water	Navarro Mills Lake
Subwatershed	Headwaters Ash Creek (HUC 120301080106)
SIC	4952 – 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

6Pollutants on file
6Under a numeric limit
6With 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
Solids, total suspended	2	47	43	July 31, 2026	367% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	3	40	34	July 31, 2026	141% over the limit
pH	2	29	25	July 31, 2026
E. coli	2	12	8	May 31, 2026	337% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	4	2	October 31, 2024	43% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	5	1	April 30, 2025	20% over the limit

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
September 25, 2024	Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment	ST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TX0142247.

Formal enforcement and penalties

1 formal actions, 1 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.

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency	Federal penalty	State or local penalty
June 9, 2026	State CWA Penalty AO	State		$22,500

Informal enforcement

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
March 27, 2026	Under Review	State

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 October 14, 2026.

This public-records page covers NPDES permit TX0142247 for the CITY OF PENELOPE WWTP in Penelope, TX, held by PENELOPE, CITY OF, which discharges to Navarro Mills Lake and sits in the Headwaters Ash Creek subwatershed (HUC 120301080106). The page lists the permit as Effective and Minor Discharger class, issued October 11, 2022 and expiring October 11, 2027. It reports 6 pollutants on file, 6 under a numeric limit, 6 with a violation of any kind, and 6 with an effluent exceedance.