Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0070939
GRUENE ROAD WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY, New Braunfels, TX: NPDES TX0070939 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 24Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GRUENE ROAD WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY, held by NEW BRAUNFELS UTILITIES, holds NPDES permit TX0070939, which discharges to Guadalupe River Below Canyon Dam. EPA’s file records it issued October 22, 2020 and expiring October 22, 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 filed | GRUENE ROAD WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | NEW BRAUNFELS UTILITIES |
| NPDES ID | TX0070939 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | October 22, 2020 |
| Expiration date | October 22, 2025 |
| Address | New Braunfels, TX 78130 |
| Receiving water | Guadalupe River Below Canyon Dam |
| Subwatershed | Elm Creek-Guadalupe River (HUC 121002020103) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 37Pollutants on file
- 24Under a numeric limit
- 22With a violation of any kind
- 7With an effluent exceedance
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 measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 3 | 66 | 63 | August 31, 2020 | 93% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 3 | 22 | 19 | February 28, 2019 | 673% over the limit |
| E. coli | 4 | 8 | 8 | August 31, 2021 | 404% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 7 | 5 | October 31, 2015 | 4,647% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 22 | 2 | October 31, 2015 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 4 | 1 | July 31, 2018 | 3% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 3 | 1 | August 31, 2009 | |
| Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Statis Renewal 48 Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48Hr acute Pimephales promelas | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| LOAEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dry weight | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Pollutant table from 503.13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Level of pathogen requirements achieved | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Description of pathogen option used | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Vector attraction reduction alternative used | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| LOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48HR Acute Daphnia pulex | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute D. Pulex | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pinephales promelas | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 3 | 0 | 0 |
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
- 4Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| December 4, 2024 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| July 10, 2024 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| January 12, 2021 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| January 23, 2019 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
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.