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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0053830

SILVER LAKE WWTP, Del Rio, TX: NPDES TX0053830 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SILVER LAKE WWTP, held by DEL RIO, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit TX0053830, which discharges to Rio Grande Below Amistad Reservoir. EPA’s file records it issued September 28, 2015 and expiring September 1, 2020. 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 filedSILVER LAKE WWTP
Permittee as filedDEL RIO, CITY OF
NPDES IDTX0053830
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
IssuedSeptember 28, 2015
Expiration dateSeptember 1, 2020
AddressDel Rio, TX 78840
Receiving waterRIO GRANDE BELOW AMISTAD RESERVOIR
SubwatershedSan Felipe Creek-Rio Grande (HUC 130800010104)

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. coli2159November 30, 2013514% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant4154June 30, 201936% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C3144April 30, 201199,999% over the limit
Solids, total suspended3112September 30, 201529% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual282November 30, 2003100% over the limit
Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Daphnia pulex2380
NOAEC Lethal Statis Renewal 48 Hr Acute Daphnia pulex2380
LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas2340
NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48Hr acute Pimephales promelas2340
LOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48HR Acute Daphnia pulex2290
LOAEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas2250
Arsenic, dry weight5100
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]5100
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute D. Pulex170
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales promelas170
pH360
Selenium, dry weight360
Copper, dry weight360
Cadmium, dry weight360
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]360
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]360
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]360
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]360
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]360
Nickel, total [as Ni]240
Level of pathogen requirements achieved240
Description of pathogen option used240
Vector attraction reduction alternative used240
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]140
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure140
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method140
Annual amt of sludge incinerated140
Annual sludge production, total140
Annual amount of sludge land applied140
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit140
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill140
Annual amt sludge transported interstate140
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement140
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]120
Fecal coliform120
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system120
Boundary areas120
Salmonella120
Pollutant table from 503.13120
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1300
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2300
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
March 27, 2018Permit 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.