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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0058963

ATASCOCITA REGIONAL WWTP, Houston, TX: NPDES TX0058963 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ATASCOCITA REGIONAL WWTP, held by HARRIS COUNTY MUD 109, holds NPDES permit TX0058963, which discharges to Williams Gully, Garners Bayou, Gree. EPA’s file records it issued March 12, 2018 and expiring December 1, 2022. 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 filedATASCOCITA REGIONAL WWTP
Permittee as filedHARRIS COUNTY MUD 109
NPDES IDTX0058963
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
IssuedMarch 12, 2018
Expiration dateDecember 1, 2022
AddressHouston, TX 77346
Receiving waterWILLIAMS GULLY, GARNERS BAYOU, GREE
SubwatershedGarners Bayou (HUC 120401040602)

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. coli284February 28, 20261,100% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]3183July 31, 2010212% over the limit
Solids, total suspended3123April 30, 202447% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]3112November 30, 202370% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual271December 31, 20193,900% over the limit
Lead, total [as Pb]3610
Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Daphnia pulex2160
LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas2160
NOAEC Lethal Statis Renewal 48 Hr Acute Daphnia pulex2160
NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48Hr acute Pimephales promelas2160
LOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48HR Acute Daphnia pulex2160
LOAEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas2160
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant4120
pH370
Arsenic, dry weight550
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]550
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
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]130
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute D. Pulex130
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales promelas130
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1320
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2320
Nickel, total [as Ni]220
Level of pathogen requirements achieved220
Description of pathogen option used220
Vector attraction reduction alternative used220
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia020
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas020
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia020
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pinephales promelas020
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia020
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas020
Fecal coliform110
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]110
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure110
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method110
Annual amt of sludge incinerated110
Annual sludge production, total110
Annual amount of sludge land applied110
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit110
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill110
Annual amt sludge transported interstate110
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system110
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement110
Boundary areas110
Salmonella110
Pollutant table from 503.13110
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
February 13, 2024Permit 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.