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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0034495

CITY OF TEAGUE NORTH WWTP, Teague, TX: NPDES TX0034495 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CITY OF TEAGUE NORTH WWTP, held by TEAGUE, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit TX0034495, which discharges to Caney Creek;Tehaucana Creek;Trinity River. EPA’s file records it issued February 3, 2017 and expiring February 1, 2022. 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 TEAGUE NORTH WWTP
Permittee as filedTEAGUE, CITY OF
NPDES IDTX0034495
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
IssuedFebruary 3, 2017
Expiration dateFebruary 1, 2022
AddressTeague, TX 75860
Receiving waterCANEY CREEK;TEHAUCANA CREEK;TRINITY RIVER
SubwatershedUpper Caney Creek (HUC 120302010104)

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. coli28371July 31, 20262,065% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C314368April 30, 2026250% over the limit
pH37819July 31, 2026
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]13710September 30, 202450% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2688May 31, 2024121% over the limit
Solids, total suspended2562March 31, 20129% over the limit
Arsenic, dry weight5250
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]5250
Selenium, dry weight3150
Copper, dry weight3150
Cadmium, dry weight3150
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]3150
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]3150
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]3150
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]3150
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]3150
Nickel, total [as Ni]2100
Level of pathogen requirements achieved2100
Description of pathogen option used2100
Vector attraction reduction alternative used2100
Fecal coliform160
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure160
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method160
Annual amt of sludge incinerated160
Annual sludge production, total160
Annual amount of sludge land applied160
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit160
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill160
Annual amt sludge transported interstate160
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement160
Salmonella160
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]150
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system150
Boundary areas150
Pollutant table from 503.13150
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
May 10, 2024Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
August 14, 2023Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
January 13, 2022Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
January 24, 2017Permit 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 14, 2026.