Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TXS000403
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN MS4, Austin, TX: NPDES TXS000403 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 28Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN MS4, held by UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, holds NPDES permit TXS000403, which discharges to Various Ditches And Tributaries. EPA’s file records it issued July 7, 2011 and expiring July 7, 2016. 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 | UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN MS4 |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN |
| NPDES ID | TXS000403 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Large municipal storm sewer systems |
| Issued | July 7, 2011 |
| Expiration date | July 7, 2016 |
| Address | Austin, TX 78703 |
| Receiving water | VARIOUS DITCHES AND TRIBUTARIES |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Town Lake-Colorado River (HUC 120902050306) |
| SIC | 9111 – Executive Offices |
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
- 29Pollutants on file
- 28Under a numeric limit
- 29With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 8 | 56 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 4 | 28 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 4 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 4 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, dissolved | 4 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 4 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 4 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 4 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 4 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 4 | 25 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 4 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Enterococci | 4 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 4 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 4 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 4 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Chlordane [tech mix. and metabolites] | 4 | 24 | 0 | ||
| DDD in whole water sample | 4 | 24 | 0 | ||
| DDE | 4 | 24 | 0 | ||
| DDT | 4 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs] | 4 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 4 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Atrazine | 4 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Diazinon | 0 | 12 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES TXS000403.
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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TXS000403.
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.