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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0058548

NORTHAMPTON MUD WWTP, Houston, TX: NPDES TX0058548 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

NORTHAMPTON MUD WWTP, held by NORTHAMPTON MUD, holds NPDES permit TX0058548, which discharges to Willow Creek; Spring Creek. EPA’s file records it issued May 9, 2018 and expiring May 9, 2021. 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 filedNORTHAMPTON MUD WWTP
Permittee as filedNORTHAMPTON MUD
NPDES IDTX0058548
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 9, 2018
Expiration dateMay 9, 2021
AddressHouston, TX 77074
Receiving waterWILLOW CREEK; SPRING CREEK
SubwatershedWillow Creek (HUC 120401020210)

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. coli22120October 31, 202599,999% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]37616May 31, 2024200% over the limit
Solids, total suspended3647September 30, 201026% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]3644July 31, 201380% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant4442May 31, 201648,433% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual2431July 31, 20041% over the limit
Silver, total [as Ag]0640
pH3450
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1210
Arsenic, dry weight590
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]590
Nickel, total [as Ni]260
Level of pathogen requirements achieved240
Description of pathogen option used240
Vector attraction reduction alternative used240
Selenium, dry weight330
Copper, dry weight330
Cadmium, dry weight330
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]330
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]330
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]330
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]330
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]330
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia230
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas230
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia230
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas230
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia230
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas230
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia230
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pinephales promelas230
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system130
Boundary areas130
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia220
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas220
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia220
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas220
Whole Effluent Toxicity [WET] - P. promelas020
Fecal coliform110
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]110
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure110
Annual whole sludge application rate110
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement110
Salmonella110
Pollutant table from 503.13110
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method010
Annual amt of sludge incinerated010
Annual sludge production, total010
Annual amount of sludge land applied010
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit010
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill010
Annual amt sludge transported interstate010
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1300
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2300
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
September 24, 2025Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
June 8, 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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.