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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0025852

WHARTON COUNTY WCID 2 WWTP, East Bernard, TX: NPDES TX0025852 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

WHARTON COUNTY WCID 2 WWTP, held by WHARTON COUNTY WCID 2, holds NPDES permit TX0025852, which discharges to Unnamed Ditch;San Bernard River. EPA’s file records it issued August 14, 2019 and expiring August 14, 2024. 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 filedWHARTON COUNTY WCID 2 WWTP
Permittee as filedWHARTON COUNTY WCID 2
NPDES IDTX0025852
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
IssuedAugust 14, 2019
Expiration dateAugust 14, 2024
AddressEast Bernard, TX 77435
Receiving waterUNNAMED DITCH;SAN BERNARD RIVER
SubwatershedBoone Branch-San Bernard River (HUC 120904010205)

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
E. coli2146August 31, 201899,999% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual2742August 31, 201893% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2731November 30, 201117% over the limit
pH3721October 31, 2018
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C31080
Solids, total suspended31080
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1370
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]170
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure160
Annual amt of sludge incinerated160
Annual amount of sludge land applied160
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit160
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill160
Annual amt sludge transported interstate160
Arsenic, dry weight550
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]550
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method150
Annual sludge production, total150
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
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement130
Nickel, total [as Ni]220
Level of pathogen requirements achieved220
Description of pathogen option used220
Vector attraction reduction alternative used220
Fecal coliform110
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system110
Boundary areas110
Salmonella110
Pollutant table from 503.13110
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 TX0025852.

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.