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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0142859

HACKBERRY WWTF, Hackberry, TX: NPDES TX0142859 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

HACKBERRY WWTF, held by HACKBERRY, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit TX0142859, which discharges to Lewisville Lake. EPA’s file records it issued April 27, 2023 and expiring April 27, 2028. 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 filedHACKBERRY WWTF
Permittee as filedHACKBERRY, CITY OF
NPDES IDTX0142859
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedApril 27, 2023
Expiration dateApril 27, 2028
AddressHackberry, TX 75036
Receiving waterLewisville Lake
SubwatershedCottonwood Branch-Little Elm Reservoir (HUC 120301030905)
SIC4952 – 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

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]36158April 30, 2026935% over the limit
Solids, total suspended31916May 31, 2026131% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]199May 31, 202418% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]3118May 31, 2026185% over the limit
E. coli277May 31, 2025862% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual264May 31, 2025100% over the limit
pH232December 31, 2025
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]371March 31, 20253% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant231June 30, 202412% 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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
March 12, 2026Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
February 17, 2026Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
August 1, 2025Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6

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 October 14, 2026.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit TX0142859 for the HACKBERRY WWTF in Hackberry, TX, held by HACKBERRY, CITY OF, which discharges to Lewisville Lake. The page lists 9 pollutants on file, 9 under a numeric limit, 9 with a violation of any kind, and 9 with an effluent exceedance, with the permit's status as of October 14, 2026.