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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0034428

HARRIS COUNTY WCID 84 WWTP, Channelview, TX: NPDES TX0034428 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

HARRIS COUNTY WCID 84 WWTP, held by HARRIS COUNTY WCID 84, holds NPDES permit TX0034428, which discharges to Unnamed Trib;Old River;Houston Ship Channel Tidal. EPA’s file records it issued March 13, 2019 and expiring March 13, 2024. 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 filedHARRIS COUNTY WCID 84 WWTP
Permittee as filedHARRIS COUNTY WCID 84
NPDES IDTX0034428
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
IssuedMarch 13, 2019
Expiration dateMarch 13, 2024
AddressChannelview, TX 77530
Receiving waterUNNAMED TRIB;OLD RIVER;HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL TIDAL
SubwatershedHighlands Reservoir-San Jacinto River (HUC 120401040705)

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
Copper, total [as Cu]62525July 31, 2026567% over the limit
Enterococci21514June 30, 20244,554% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant41111May 31, 202133% over the limit
E. coli077December 31, 20121,128% over the limit
Solids, total suspended366December 31, 202475% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual233March 31, 2022150% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]622May 31, 202250% over the limit
pH322September 30, 2021
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]360
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1700
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2700
Arsenic, dry weight500
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]500
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (Mysidopsis bahia)400
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia400
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)400
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia400
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)400
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia400
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)400
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia400
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)400
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia400
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (Mysidopsis bahia)400
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia400
Selenium, dry weight300
Copper, dry weight300
Cadmium, dry weight300
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]300
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]300
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]300
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]300
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]300
Nickel, total [as Ni]200
Level of pathogen requirements achieved200
Description of pathogen option used200
Vector attraction reduction alternative used200
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]100
Fecal coliform100
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]100
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure100
Annual whole sludge application rate100
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method100
Annual amt of sludge incinerated100
Annual sludge production, total100
Annual amount of sludge land applied100
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit100
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill100
Annual amt sludge transported interstate100
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system100
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement100
Boundary areas100
Salmonella100
Pollutant table from 503.13100
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)100
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Menidia menidia100

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
September 25, 2024Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
February 7, 2019Permit 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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