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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0098914

CITY OF ROSENBERG WWTP 1A, Rosenberg, TX: NPDES TX0098914 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CITY OF ROSENBERG WWTP 1A, held by CITY OF ROSENBERG, holds NPDES permit TX0098914, which discharges to Drainage Ditch, Brazos River Below Navasota Rv. EPA’s file records it issued October 15, 2019 and expiring October 15, 2022. 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 ROSENBERG WWTP 1A
Permittee as filedCITY OF ROSENBERG
NPDES IDTX0098914
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
IssuedOctober 15, 2019
Expiration dateOctober 15, 2022
AddressRosenberg, TX 77471
Receiving waterDRAINAGE DITCH, BRAZOS RIVER BELOW NAVASOTA RV
SubwatershedSandy Branch-Brazos River (HUC 120701040401)

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
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant46513January 31, 202599,999% over the limit
Solids, total suspended3382February 28, 200335% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual2282October 31, 2012607% over the limit
E. coli222February 28, 2026507% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C3401May 31, 20011% over the limit
Copper, dry weight341July 31, 2001110% over the limit
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]341July 31, 200155% over the limit
pH3260
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1130
Arsenic, dry weight560
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]560
Selenium, dry weight360
Cadmium, dry weight360
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]360
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]360
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]360
LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas260
NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48Hr acute Pimephales promelas260
Annual amount of sludge land applied150
Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Daphnia pulex240
NOAEC Lethal Statis Renewal 48 Hr Acute Daphnia pulex240
LOAEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas240
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]140
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure140
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method140
Annual amt of sludge incinerated140
Annual sludge production, total140
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit140
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill140
Annual amt sludge transported interstate140
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute D. Pulex140
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales promelas140
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]330
Level of pathogen requirements achieved220
Vector attraction reduction alternative used220
LOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48HR Acute Daphnia pulex220
Fecal coliform120
Annual whole sludge application rate120
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement120
Description of pathogen option used210
Salmonella110
Pollutant table from 503.13110
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1300
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2300
Nickel, total [as Ni]200
Whole effluent toxicity200
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system100
Boundary areas100

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
December 18, 2025Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
June 4, 2024Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
September 7, 2023Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
January 24, 2019Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
February 2, 2017Permit 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 14, 2026.