EPA · discharge permits by pollutant and parameter
Inorganic suspended solids
- 17Permits carrying a limit
- 2With a recorded exceedance
- 1States
EPA identifies this parameter by code 61730. A permit listed here carries a numeric limit on inorganic suspended solids in its discharge; an exceedance is a monitoring result above that limit, as reported to EPA.
By state
- Texas17
By watershed
The subbasins of the national Watershed Boundary Dataset carrying the most permits with a limit on inorganic suspended solids.
Other pollutants
- Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] 847
- Selenium, sludge solid 78
- Arsenic, sludge tot. dry wt [as As] 152
- Beryllium, sludge, tot. dry wt [as Be] 71
- Nitrogen [as NO3] sludge solid 78
- Solids, total, sludge, percent 38
- Ammonia [as N] + unionized ammonia 239
- Net rate of additionof heat 12
- Temp. diff. between intake and discharge 66
- Temp. diff. between intake and discharge 5
- Turbidity, time above limit 58
- Ultraviolet light dosage 119
- pH, maximum 549
- pH, minimum 455
- MARINE SANITATION DEVISE USED 101
- Bromochloromethane 4
- 4-Chloro-3-methylphenol 250
- Temp. difference, summer [deg. F] 25
- Temp. difference, winter [deg. F] 12
- 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene, total 3
Permits
| Permit holder | NPDES ID | City | State | Program | Discharger | Receiving water |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARROYO AQUACULTURE WWTF | TX0103811 | CAMERON COUNTY | TX | Major | Laguna Atascosa | |
| ST. MARTIN AQUACULTURE SEAFOOD | TX0113379 | CALHOUN COUNTY | TX | Major | DRAINAGE DITCH; PIPER LAKES | |
| BOWERS SHRIMP FARM | TX0112691 | PALACIOS | TX | Major | MATAGORDA CO DRAINAGE DIST. 3 TO UNNAMED NATURAL T | |
| ALCOA POINT COMFORT OPERATIONS | TX0004715 | POINT COMFORT | TX | Major | LAVACA BAY | |
| KAVA AQUA FARMS | TX0087441 | LOS FRESNOS | TX | Minor | UNNAMED (TIDAL) DITCH, LAGUNA MADRE | |
| UT FISHERIES AND MARICULTURE LABORATORY | TXG130036 | PORT ARANSAS | TX | Minor | City of Robstown | |
| TURTLE CREEK AQUACULTURE | TXG130103 | PALACIOS | TX | Minor | Tres Palacios River | |
| R&G SHRIMP FARM | TXG130024 | PORT LAVACA | TX | Minor | UNNAMED DITCH - CHOCOLATE BAY | |
| SILVER STREAK BASS WEST FARM | TXG130016 | DANEVANG | TX | Minor | Tres Palacios River | |
| TURTLE CREEK FARMS | TXG130033 | PALACIOS | TX | Minor | ||
| AUSTWELL AQUA FARM INC | TX0115002 | AUSTWELL | TX | Minor | HYNES BAY | |
| APEKS AQUACULTURE | TXG130042 | PALACIOS | TX | Minor | CARANCHAHUA BAY | |
| SILVER STREAK BASS EAST FARM | TXG130015 | MATAGORDA | TX | Minor | Tres Palacios River | |
| BOWERS & SAHA AQUACULTURE DANEVANG WEST FARM | TXG130096 | DANEVANG | TX | Minor | Tres Palacios River | |
| BOWERS & SAHA AQUACULTURE DANEVANG EAST FARM | TXG130095 | DANEVANG | TX | Minor | Jennings Lake-Colorado River | |
| BOWERS & SAHA AQUACULTURE PALACIOS FARM | TXG130094 | PALACIOS | TX | Minor | East Carancahua Creek | |
| BOWERS SHRIMP HATCHERY | TX0138606 | PALACIOS | TX | Minor | TRES PALACIOS BAY/TURTLE BAY |
What this page shows
This page in the EPA NPDES register covers Clean Water Act discharge permits with limits on the pollutant parameter Inorganic suspended solids. It lists 17 permits with a limit on this parameter and 14 permits with a recorded violation of this parameter.