Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0089940
WEATHERFORD TECHNOLOGY AND TRAINING CENTER, Houston, TX: NPDES TX0089940 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 12Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
WEATHERFORD TECHNOLOGY AND TRAINING CENTER, held by WEATHERFORD US LP, holds NPDES permit TX0089940, which discharges to A Series Of Unnamed Ditchs, Hcfcd W167-04-00. EPA’s file records it issued May 13, 2019 and expiring May 13, 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 filed | WEATHERFORD TECHNOLOGY AND TRAINING CENTER |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | WEATHERFORD US LP |
| NPDES ID | TX0089940 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | May 13, 2019 |
| Expiration date | May 13, 2024 |
| Address | Houston, TX 77041 |
| Receiving water | A SERIES OF UNNAMED DITCHS, HCFCD W167-04-00 |
| Subwatershed | Cole Creek-Whiteoak Bayou (HUC 120401040302) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 14Pollutants on file
- 12Under a numeric limit
- 14With a violation of any kind
- 12With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 86 | 79 | May 31, 2018 | 1,050% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 94 | 75 | January 31, 2023 | 1,067% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 2 | 38 | 22 | November 30, 2024 | 345% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 26 | 19 | November 30, 2018 | 336% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 6 | 42 | 18 | August 31, 2024 | 292% over the limit |
| E. coli | 4 | 15 | 15 | June 30, 2026 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 4 | 30 | 14 | December 31, 2024 | 241% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 17 | 14 | June 30, 2024 | 50% over the limit |
| pH | 6 | 42 | 12 | March 31, 2022 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 42 | 11 | February 28, 2021 | 808% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 23 | 6 | July 31, 2012 | 7,800% over the limit |
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 4 | 17 | 4 | May 31, 2022 | 178% over the limit |
| Chloroform | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Trichloroethylene | 0 | 12 | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TX0089940.
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.