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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0054186

SAN JACINTO RIVER AUTHORITY WWTP 2, Conroe, TX: NPDES TX0054186 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SAN JACINTO RIVER AUTHORITY WWTP 2, held by SJRA (WOODLANDS SUBDIVISION), holds NPDES permit TX0054186, which discharges to Panther Branch. EPA’s file records it issued December 10, 2013 and expiring March 1, 2018. 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 filedSAN JACINTO RIVER AUTHORITY WWTP 2
Permittee as filedSJRA (WOODLANDS SUBDIVISION)
NPDES IDTX0054186
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
IssuedDecember 10, 2013
Expiration dateMarch 1, 2018
AddressConroe, TX 77387
Receiving waterPANTHER BRANCH
SubwatershedMink Branch-Walnut Creek (HUC 120401020204)

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
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant91010June 30, 202643% over the limit
E. coli477October 31, 20211,635% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual455April 30, 19972,930% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]662April 30, 20032,133% over the limit
Solids, total suspended651June 30, 200253% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]211April 30, 2000100% over the limit
Whole effluent toxicity0140
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia4120
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia4100
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia4100
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia4100
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia4100
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas480
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas480
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas480
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas480
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas480
Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia080
Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas080
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia080
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas080
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]670
Arsenic, dry weight570
Selenium, dry weight370
Copper, dry weight370
Cadmium, dry weight370
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]370
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]370
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]560
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]360
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]360
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]360
Copper, total [as Cu]040
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia420
Level of pathogen requirements achieved220
Description of pathogen option used220
Vector attraction reduction alternative used220
Pollutant table from 503.13120
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1700
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2700
pH500
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pinephales promelas400
Nickel, total [as Ni]200
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
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute D. Pulex100
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales promelas100

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
October 5, 2022Permit 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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