Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0025186
VICTORIA REGIONAL WWTP, Victoria County, TX: NPDES TX0025186 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 17Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
VICTORIA REGIONAL WWTP, held by VICTORIA, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit TX0025186, which discharges to Guadalupe River Below San Marcos River. EPA’s file records it issued August 19, 2020 and expiring August 19, 2025. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | VICTORIA REGIONAL WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | VICTORIA, CITY OF |
| NPDES ID | TX0025186 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | August 19, 2020 |
| Expiration date | August 19, 2025 |
| Address | Victoria County, TX 77905 |
| Receiving water | Guadalupe River Below San Marcos River |
| Subwatershed | Dry Creek-Guadalupe River (HUC 121002040401) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 26Pollutants on file
- 17Under a numeric limit
- 22With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. coli | 2 | 11 | 11 | July 31, 2026 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 9 | 9 | May 31, 2017 | 291% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 3 | 3 | 3 | March 31, 2012 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 2 | 1 | August 31, 2001 | 1% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 1 | 1 | March 31, 2012 | |
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Statis Renewal 48 Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| LOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48HR Acute Daphnia pulex | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute D. Pulex | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48Hr acute Pimephales promelas | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| LOAEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt of sludge incinerated | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Annual sludge production, total | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Annual amount of sludge land applied | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt sludge transported interstate | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 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
- 4Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| November 7, 2024 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| May 24, 2023 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| July 12, 2021 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| October 16, 2018 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
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 14, 2026.