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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0025615

CITY OF BRAZORIA WWTP, Brazoria, TX: NPDES TX0025615 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CITY OF BRAZORIA WWTP, held by BRAZORIA, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit TX0025615, which discharges to San Bernard River Tidal. EPA’s file records it issued March 11, 2020 and expiring March 11, 2025. 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 BRAZORIA WWTP
Permittee as filedBRAZORIA, CITY OF
NPDES IDTX0025615
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
IssuedMarch 11, 2020
Expiration dateMarch 11, 2025
AddressBrazoria, TX 77422
Receiving waterSan Bernard River Tidal
SubwatershedCity of Brazoria-San Bernard River (HUC 120904010306)

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]3470435July 31, 20261,026% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]3171131July 31, 2026418% over the limit
Solids, total suspended3170108February 28, 2026376% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant29255June 30, 202689,100% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]14121November 30, 201753% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual25618May 31, 2025100% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C0268August 31, 200078% over the limit
E. coli2228October 31, 20251,821% over the limit
pH3503January 31, 2018
Arsenic, dry weight5410
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]5410
Selenium, dry weight3270
Copper, dry weight3270
Cadmium, dry weight3270
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]3270
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]3270
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]3270
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]3270
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]3270
Level of pathogen requirements achieved2160
Description of pathogen option used2160
Vector attraction reduction alternative used2160
Nickel, total [as Ni]2140
Pollutant table from 503.13190
Fecal coliform180
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]180
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure180
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method180
Annual amt of sludge incinerated180
Annual sludge production, total180
Annual amount of sludge land applied180
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit180
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill180
Annual amt sludge transported interstate180
Salmonella180
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system170
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement170
Boundary areas170
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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
June 25, 2026Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
February 7, 2023Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6

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.