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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0058955

SULPHUR SPRINGS WWTP, Sulphur Springs, TX: NPDES TX0058955 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SULPHUR SPRINGS WWTP, held by SULPHUR SPRINGS, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit TX0058955, which discharges to Rock Creek;White Oak Ck; Sulphur/So Sulphur Rv. EPA’s file records it issued November 21, 2019 and expiring November 21, 2024. 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 filedSULPHUR SPRINGS WWTP
Permittee as filedSULPHUR SPRINGS, CITY OF
NPDES IDTX0058955
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
IssuedNovember 21, 2019
Expiration dateNovember 21, 2024
AddressSulphur Springs, TX 75482
Receiving waterROCK CREEK;WHITE OAK CK; SULPHUR/SO SULPHUR RV
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedCrush Lake-Rock Creek (HUC 111403030103)

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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 62 are shown.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Solids, total suspended65950June 30, 2018418% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]33930June 30, 2014350% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]62414May 31, 201430% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant4239May 31, 202120% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual2136January 31, 202570% over the limit
pH382September 30, 2010
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]152December 31, 200867% over the limit
E. coli270
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia060
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia060
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia060
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia060
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia060
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia060
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas040
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas040
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas040
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pinephales promelas040
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas040
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas040
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute D. Pulex130
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales promelas130
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1520
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2520
IC25 Low Flow Pass/Fail Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas420
IC25 Low Flow Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas420
IC25 Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas420
IC25 Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas420
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method110
Annual sludge production, total110
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill110
Annual amt sludge transported interstate110
Salmonella110
Arsenic, dry weight500
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]500
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
IC25 Low Flow Pass/Fail Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia200
IC25 Low Flow Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia200
IC25 Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia200
IC25 Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia200
Fecal coliform100
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]100
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure100
Annual whole sludge application rate100
Annual amt of sludge incinerated100
Annual amount of sludge land applied100
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit100
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system100
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement100

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TX0058955.

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.