Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0023990
UT AUSTIN MCDONALD OBSERVATORY UPPER PLANT WWTF, Fort Davis, TX: NPDES TX0023990 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 36Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
UT AUSTIN MCDONALD OBSERVATORY UPPER PLANT WWTF, held by UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, holds NPDES permit TX0023990, which discharges to Deadmans Canyon;Salcido Canyon. EPA’s file records it issued March 8, 2006 and expiring September 1, 2010. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | UT AUSTIN MCDONALD OBSERVATORY UPPER PLANT WWTF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS |
| NPDES ID | TX0023990 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | March 8, 2006 |
| Expiration date | September 1, 2010 |
| Address | Fort Davis, TX 79734 |
| Receiving water | DEADMANS CANYON;SALCIDO CANYON |
| Subwatershed | Headwaters Limpia Creek (HUC 130700050101) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 38Pollutants on file
- 36Under a numeric limit
- 37With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 46 | 4 | January 31, 2010 | 44% over the limit |
| pH | 3 | 34 | 2 | April 30, 2009 | |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 34 | 2 | October 31, 2006 | 20% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 32 | 1 | September 30, 2004 | 16% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 3 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr] | 5 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 14 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, dry weight | 5 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 3 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, dry weight | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dry weight | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dry weight | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Level of pathogen requirements achieved | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Description of pathogen option used | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Vector attraction reduction alternative used | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Pollutant table from 503.13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Fecal coliform | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt of sludge incinerated | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Annual sludge production, total | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Annual amount of sludge land applied | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt sludge transported interstate | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Unit w/liner/leachate collection system | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Boundary areas | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Salmonella | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Annual whole sludge application rate | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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 TX0023990.
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not yet 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 September 15, 2026.