Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TXR05FQ69

NORTHWEST WASTERWATER TREATMENT PLANT, Copperas Cove, TX: NPDES TXR05FQ69 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
16Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
1Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

NORTHWEST WASTERWATER TREATMENT PLANT, held by City of Copperas Cove, holds NPDES permit TXR05FQ69. EPA’s file records it issued April 20, 2022 and expiring August 13, 2026.

NORTHWEST WASTERWATER TREATMENT PLANT, Copperas Cove, Texas: Coverage under a general permit TXR05FQ69, held by City of Copperas Cove; Industrial stormwater; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued April 20, 2022, term to August 13, 2026.

Lead, total [as Pb]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total suspended: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Arsenic, total [as As]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Barium, total [as Ba]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Cadmium, total [as Cd]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Chromium, total [as Cr]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Copper, total [as Cu]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Iron, total [as Fe]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Manganese, total [as Mn]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nickel, total [as Ni]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Silver, total [as Ag]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Zinc, total [as Zn]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Aluminum, total [as Al]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Selenium, total [as Se]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Mercury, total [as Hg]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

January 20, 2026: Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment (ST6).
January 20, 2026: Evaluation (S).
November 1, 2023: Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment (ST6).

Texas holds 8,480 Industrial stormwater coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 3,063 were issued before TXR05FQ69. City of Copperas Cove holds 3 permits in Texas.

Other permits held by City of Copperas Cove

SOUTH WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, Copperas Cove: TXR05FQ67, issued April 20, 2022
NORTHEAST WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, Copperas Cove: TXR05FQ68, issued April 20, 2022

Coverages issued nearest TXR05FQ69

April 19, 2022: RED AND WHITE PIT, Johnson City, TXR05FQ64, held by SULTEMEIER, TOMMY JAMES
April 19, 2022: HATTER DIRT AND TOPSOIL, Kempner, TXR05FQ65, held by HATTER CONSTRUCTION, INCORPORATED
April 19, 2022: SMR WORLDWIDE DBA SPROUT, Garland, TXRNEBW25, held by Smart Metals Recycling
April 20, 2022: SOUTH WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, Copperas Cove, TXR05FQ67, held by City of Copperas Cove
April 20, 2022: NORTHEAST WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, Copperas Cove, TXR05FQ68, held by City of Copperas Cove
April 20, 2022: CITY OF MIDLAND WATER POLLUTION CONTROL PLANT, Midland, TXR05FQ70, held by City Of Midland
April 20, 2022: H AND B PACKING, Waco, TXR05FQ72, held by H & B Packing Co., Inc.
April 20, 2022: KOCH FILTER, Houston, TXRNEBW26, held by Koch Filter Corporation
April 20, 2022: CHRYSO ROYSE CITY, Royse City, TXRNEBW27, held by CHRYSO INC
April 21, 2022: CAYUGA PLANT, Kerens, TXR05FQ73, held by Holsey Mining, Inc.

NORTHWEST WASTERWATER TREATMENT PLANT among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 20 discharge permits in the House Creek subwatershed (HUC 120702020304), TXR05FQ69 among them.

Other permits in the House Creek subwatershed (HUC 120702020304)

COPPERAS COVE NORTHEAST WWTP, Copperas Cove: TX0069850, major permit, discharging to UNNAMED TRIB TURKEY RUN CK;HOUSE CK;COWHOUSE CK, permit term to May 13, 2024
COPPERAS COVE NORTHWEST WWTP, Copperas Cove: TX0069841, major permit, discharging to HOUSE CK;COWHOUSE CK;BELTON LK, permit term to April 22, 2024
COUNTRY MEADOWS - PHASE 2, Thorndale: TXR1547PJ, minor permit, discharging to BRUSHY CREEK, permit term to March 4, 2028
FORT HOOD MOTOR POOL WASH RACKS, Coryell County: TX0002313, minor permit, discharging to UNNAMED TIRB;BULL RUN CK;COWHOUSE CK, permit term to June 11, 2024
FREEDOM RANCH, Copperas Cove: TXR1512OO, minor permit, discharging to LAKE BELTON, permit term to March 4, 2028
FREEDOM RANCH, Copperas Cove: TXR1512QG, minor permit, discharging to CLEAR CREEK, permit term to March 4, 2028
FREEDOM RANCH, Copperas Cove: TXR1592NE, minor permit, discharging to CLEAR CREEK, permit term to March 4, 2028
MCDONALDS 042-3825, Copperas Cove: TXR1569YV, minor permit, discharging to CLEAR CREEK, permit term to March 4, 2028
NORTHEAST WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, Copperas Cove: TXR05FQ68, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2026
OAK HILL & DEER FLAT DR ROAD RECON & DRAIN IMPR, Copperas Cove: TXR1570SL, minor permit, discharging to LAMPASAS RIVER ABOVE STILLHOUSE HOLLOW LAKE, permit term to March 4, 2028

Identity

Facility as filed	NORTHWEST WASTERWATER TREATMENT PLANT
Permittee as filed	City of Copperas Cove
NPDES ID	TXR05FQ69
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	April 20, 2022
Expiration date	August 13, 2026
Address	Copperas Cove, TX 76522
Subwatershed	House Creek (HUC 120702020304)

Effluent limits and exceedances

16Pollutants on file
16Under 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
Lead, total [as Pb]	2	0	0
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	1	0	0
Solids, total suspended	1	0	0
Arsenic, total [as As]	1	0	0
Barium, total [as Ba]	1	0	0
Cadmium, total [as Cd]	1	0	0
Chromium, total [as Cr]	1	0	0
Copper, total [as Cu]	1	0	0
Iron, total [as Fe]	1	0	0
Manganese, total [as Mn]	1	0	0
Nickel, total [as Ni]	1	0	0
Silver, total [as Ag]	1	0	0
Zinc, total [as Zn]	1	0	0
Aluminum, total [as Al]	1	0	0
Selenium, total [as Se]	1	0	0
Mercury, total [as Hg]	1	0	0

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES TXR05FQ69.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

2Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
January 20, 2026	Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment	ST6
November 1, 2023	Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment	ST6

Inspections

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
January 20, 2026	Evaluation	S

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 TXR05FQ69.

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This public-records page covers NPDES permit TXR05FQ69 for the NORTHWEST WASTERWATER TREATMENT PLANT in Copperas Cove, TX, held by City of Copperas Cove, with a status of administratively continued and a discharger class of Minor. The page lists 16 pollutants on file, 0 of them under a numeric limit, and 0 with an effluent exceedance.