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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0024970

CITY OF CADDO MILLS WWTP, Caddo Mills, TX: NPDES TX0024970 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CITY OF CADDO MILLS WWTP, held by CADDO MILLS, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit TX0024970, which discharges to West Caddo Creek, Caddo Creek, Lake. EPA’s file records it issued May 23, 2006 and expiring March 1, 2011. 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 filedCITY OF CADDO MILLS WWTP
Permittee as filedCADDO MILLS, CITY OF
NPDES IDTX0024970
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedMay 23, 2006
Expiration dateMarch 1, 2011
AddressCaddo Mills, TX 75135
Receiving waterWEST CADDO CREEK, CADDO CREEK, LAKE
SubwatershedWest Caddo Creek (HUC 120100010201)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]310671May 31, 2010290% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]13722September 30, 200975% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2379March 31, 200863,900% over the limit
Solids, total suspended3607November 30, 2005150% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C0205November 30, 2005185% over the limit
pH3453January 31, 2010
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]3401August 31, 200621% over the limit
E. coli0160
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]5150
Arsenic, dry weight5120
Selenium, dry weight370
Copper, dry weight360
Cadmium, dry weight360
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]360
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]360
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]360
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]360
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]360
Nickel, total [as Ni]260
Level of pathogen requirements achieved260
Description of pathogen option used260
Vector attraction reduction alternative used260
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system130
Boundary areas130
Pollutant table from 503.13130
Fecal coliform120
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]120
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure120
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method120
Annual amt of sludge incinerated120
Annual sludge production, total120
Annual amount of sludge land applied120
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit120
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill120
Annual amt sludge transported interstate120
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement120
Salmonella120
Annual whole sludge application rate100

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TX0024970.

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 September 15, 2026.