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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0058378

TEMPLE BELTON REGIONAL WWTP, Bell County, TX: NPDES TX0058378 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

TEMPLE BELTON REGIONAL WWTP, held by TEMPLE, CITY OF AND BELTON, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit TX0058378, which discharges to Nolan Creek/South Nolan Creek. EPA’s file records it issued May 8, 2020 and expiring May 8, 2025. 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 filedTEMPLE BELTON REGIONAL WWTP
Permittee as filedTEMPLE, CITY OF AND BELTON, CITY OF
NPDES IDTX0058378
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
IssuedMay 8, 2020
Expiration dateMay 8, 2025
AddressBell County, TX 76501
Receiving waterNolan Creek/South Nolan Creek
SubwatershedNolan Creek (HUC 120702011104)

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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]33131November 30, 2025459% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant42018June 30, 202638% over the limit
E. coli253July 31, 2022141% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual242January 31, 2017102% over the limit
Solids, total suspended322October 31, 2025235% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]341October 31, 20254% over the limit
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas460
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas460
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas440
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas440
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas440
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pinephales promelas440
Phosphorus, total [as P]330
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia420
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia420
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia420
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia420
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia420
Salmonella120
Fecal coliform110
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1700
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2700
Arsenic, dry weight500
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]500
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia400
pH300
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
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
Pollutant table from 503.13100
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
April 28, 2024Wet-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., not permit compliant, no endangermentEP6
October 26, 2023Wet-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S., not permit compliant, no endangermentEP6
October 18, 2023Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., not permit compliant, no endangermentEP6
October 6, 2023Dry-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S., not permit compliant, no endangermentEP6
May 10, 2023Dry-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S., not permit compliant, no endangermentEP6
October 7, 2022Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., not permit compliant, no endangermentEP6
October 7, 2021Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., not permit compliant, no endangermentEP6
October 5, 2021WW SSO - Discharge to WatersEP6
October 26, 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.