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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0071790

CITY OF NAVASOTA OLD WWTP, Navasota, TX: NPDES TX0071790 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CITY OF NAVASOTA OLD WWTP, held by NAVASOTA, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit TX0071790, which discharges to Navasota River Below Lake Limestone. EPA’s file records it issued June 4, 2020 and expiring June 4, 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 filedCITY OF NAVASOTA OLD WWTP
Permittee as filedNAVASOTA, CITY OF
NPDES IDTX0071790
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
IssuedJune 4, 2020
Expiration dateJune 4, 2025
AddressNavasota, TX 77868
Receiving waterNavasota River Below Lake Limestone
SubwatershedBig Creek-Navasota River (HUC 120701030804)

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]37247July 31, 2026626% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]33114November 30, 2021678% over the limit
Solids, total suspended32110January 31, 2024763% over the limit
E. coli21210July 31, 202399,999% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual2144January 31, 2011809% over the limit
Whole effluent toxicity062June 30, 202060% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]121February 28, 201179% over the limit
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas2170
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia2160
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pinephales promelas2160
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant4130
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia2130
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas2130
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia2130
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia2120
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas2120
Chloride [as Cl]370
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2360
pH350
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1340
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
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
Fecal coliform100
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
Salmonella100
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
September 3, 2024Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
September 28, 2022Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
October 12, 2020Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
October 23, 2018Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6

Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not yet 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.