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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0025577

CITY OF HUTTO CENTRAL WWTP, Hutto, TX: NPDES TX0025577 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CITY OF HUTTO CENTRAL WWTP, held by HUTTO, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit TX0025577, which discharges to Cottonwood Creek, Brushy Creek. EPA’s file records it issued February 11, 2014 and expiring December 1, 2018. 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 filedCITY OF HUTTO CENTRAL WWTP
Permittee as filedHUTTO, CITY OF
NPDES IDTX0025577
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedFebruary 11, 2014
Expiration dateDecember 1, 2018
AddressHutto, TX 78634
Receiving waterCOTTONWOOD CREEK, BRUSHY CREEK
SubwatershedCottonwood Creek-Brushy Creek (HUC 120702050404)

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
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant42424June 30, 2026114% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]31111June 30, 2014396% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]01111August 31, 20241,039% over the limit
E. coli, colony forming units [CFU]255March 31, 201799,999% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual2102November 30, 201444% over the limit
pH321October 31, 2019
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]311August 31, 200612% over the limit
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas280
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas280
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas280
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pinephales promelas280
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas280
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas280
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia260
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia260
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia260
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia260
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia260
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia260
Arsenic, dry weight550
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]550
Selenium, dry weight330
Copper, dry weight330
Cadmium, dry weight330
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]330
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]330
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]330
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]330
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]330
Nickel, total [as Ni]220
Level of pathogen requirements achieved220
Description of pathogen option used220
Vector attraction reduction alternative used220
Fecal coliform110
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]110
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure110
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method110
Annual amt of sludge incinerated110
Annual sludge production, total110
Annual amount of sludge land applied110
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit110
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill110
Annual amt sludge transported interstate110
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system110
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement110
Boundary areas110
Salmonella110
Pollutant table from 503.13110
Solids, total suspended300
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1300
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2300
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]100
Annual whole sludge application rate100
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute D. Pulex100
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales promelas100

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 TX0025577.

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.