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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0098965

CINCO RANCH SOUTH WWTF, Fort Bend County, TX: NPDES TX0098965 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CINCO RANCH SOUTH WWTF, held by CINCO MUD 1, holds NPDES permit TX0098965, which discharges to Willow Fork Buffalo Diversion. EPA’s file records it issued August 28, 2017 and expiring May 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 filedCINCO RANCH SOUTH WWTF
Permittee as filedCINCO MUD 1
NPDES IDTX0098965
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedAugust 28, 2017
Expiration dateMay 1, 2022
AddressFort Bend County, TX 77450
Receiving waterWILLOW FORK BUFFALO DIVERSION
SubwatershedBarker Reservoir-Buffalo Bayou (HUC 120401040104)

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. coli23333December 31, 20251,128% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]6137May 31, 202437% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general0130
Solids, total suspended390
pH370
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]370
Arsenic, dry weight550
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]550
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant240
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
Nickel, total [as Ni]220
Level of pathogen requirements achieved220
Description of pathogen option used220
Vector attraction reduction alternative used220
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]120
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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TX0098965.

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.