Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TXR05FM79

SOUTHWEST WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, Humble, TX: NPDES TXR05FM79 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
13Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

SOUTHWEST WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, held by City of Humble, holds NPDES permit TXR05FM79. EPA’s file records it issued January 13, 2022 and expiring August 13, 2026.

SOUTHWEST WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, Humble, Texas: Coverage under a general permit TXR05FM79, held by City of Humble; Industrial stormwater; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued January 13, 2022, term to August 13, 2026.

BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Arsenic, total [as As]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Barium, total [as Ba]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Cadmium, total [as Cd]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Chromium, total [as Cr]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Copper, total [as Cu]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Lead, total [as Pb]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Manganese, total [as Mn]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nickel, total [as Ni]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Silver, total [as Ag]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Zinc, total [as Zn]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Selenium, total [as Se]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Mercury, total [as Hg]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Texas holds 8,480 Industrial stormwater coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 2,563 were issued before TXR05FM79.

Coverages issued nearest TXR05FM79

January 12, 2022: ALPHA AUTO PARTS, San Antonio, TXR05FM72, held by Alpha Auto Parts LLC
January 12, 2022: WELLMARK INTERNATIONAL DBA CENTRAL LIFE SCIENCES, Dallas, TXR05FM73, held by Wellmark International
January 12, 2022: MARIO ORELLANA, Dallas, TXR05FM75, held by Mario Orellana
January 12, 2022: GEORGE L WILLIAMS, San Antonio, TXRNEBU04, held by Lobo Ventures, Ltd.
January 12, 2022: HOWMET ALUMINUM CASTING, Del Rio, TXRNEBU05, held by HOWMET ALUMINUM CASTING, INC.
January 13, 2022: CHEMPLAST, Stafford, TXRNEBU06, held by Chemplast, Inc.
January 13, 2022: PHOENIX EXCHANGE, Dallas, TXRNEBU08, held by Phoenix Exchange, Inc.
January 14, 2022: HECTORS AUTO SALVAGE, Dallas, TXR05FM81, held by QUINONES, HECTOR
January 14, 2022: JESSE AUTO SALVAGE, Sugar Land, TXR05FM82, held by Jesse Auto Salvage Inc
January 14, 2022: SEALED AIR AFP, Pflugerville, TXRNEBU09, held by Sealed Air Corporation (US)

SOUTHWEST WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 94 discharge permits in the Garners Bayou subwatershed (HUC 120401040602), TXR05FM79 among them.

Other permits in the Garners Bayou subwatershed (HUC 120401040602)

10.1 ACRES ATASCOCITA RD, Humble: TXR1501OH, minor permit, discharging to GARNERS BAYOU, permit term to March 4, 2028
19115 LEE ROAD FACILITY, Humble: TXR05FA60, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2026
19175 LEE ROAD FACILITY, Humble: TXR05FA59, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2026
19577 LEE ROAD FACILITY, Humble: TXR05FA61, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2026
AIR GENERAL, Humble: TXRNEX640, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2026
AIR NEW ZEALAND AT IAH, Houston: TXRNECQ95, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2026
AMAZONCOM SERVICES IAH5, Humble: TXR05FD70, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2026
ATASCOCITA REGIONAL WWTP, Houston: TX0058963, major permit, discharging to WILLIAMS GULLY, GARNERS BAYOU, GREE, permit term to December 1, 2022
ATASCOCITA REGIONAL WWTP, Humble: TXR05GI42, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2026
ATASCOCITA VILLAGE MHP WWTP, Harris County: TX0020320, minor permit, discharging to GARNERS BAYOU;GREENS BAYOU TIDAL, permit term to December 1, 2022

What the register holds for SOUTHWEST WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Humble, Texas, and 13 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES TXR05FM79.

Identity

Facility as filed	SOUTHWEST WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT
Permittee as filed	City of Humble
NPDES ID	TXR05FM79
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Coverage under a general permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Program	Industrial stormwater
Issued	January 13, 2022
Expiration date	August 13, 2026
Address	Humble, TX 77396
Subwatershed	Garners Bayou (HUC 120401040602)

Effluent limits and exceedances

13Pollutants on file
13Under a numeric limit
0With a violation of any kind
0With 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
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	2	0	0
Arsenic, total [as As]	2	0	0
Barium, total [as Ba]	2	0	0
Cadmium, total [as Cd]	2	0	0
Chromium, total [as Cr]	2	0	0
Copper, total [as Cu]	2	0	0
Lead, total [as Pb]	2	0	0
Manganese, total [as Mn]	2	0	0
Nickel, total [as Ni]	2	0	0
Silver, total [as Ag]	2	0	0
Zinc, total [as Zn]	2	0	0
Selenium, total [as Se]	2	0	0
Mercury, total [as Hg]	2	0	0

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES TXR05FM79.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TXR05FM79.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TXR05FM79.

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 TXR05FM79.

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

This public-records page covers the NPDES discharge permit TXR05FM79 held by City of Humble for SOUTHWEST WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT in Humble, Texas, with the permit listed as administratively continued and classed as a minor discharger. The register shows 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance and 13 pollutants under a numeric limit, with the permit issued January 13, 2022 and expiring August 13, 2026.