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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0102938

BELL COUNTY WCID 1 WWTP 2, Killeen, TX: NPDES TX0102938 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BELL COUNTY WCID 1 WWTP 2, held by BELL COUNTY WATER CONTROL & IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO 1, holds NPDES permit TX0102938, which discharges to Nolan Creek/S Nolan Creek. EPA’s file records it issued September 17, 2019 and expiring September 17, 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 filedBELL COUNTY WCID 1 WWTP 2
Permittee as filedBELL COUNTY WATER CONTROL & IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO 1
NPDES IDTX0102938
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
IssuedSeptember 17, 2019
Expiration dateSeptember 17, 2024
AddressKilleen, TX 76543
Receiving waterNOLAN CREEK/S NOLAN CREEK
SubwatershedUpper South Nolan Creek (HUC 120702011101)

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
Chlorine, total residual01210September 30, 200749% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]0118August 31, 2006121% over the limit
Solids, total suspended0107May 31, 20077,875% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]074October 31, 20037,500% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant090
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas070
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia070
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas070
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas070
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]060
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia060
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia060
Arsenic, dry weight050
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia050
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pinephales promelas050
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill040
Annual amt sludge transported interstate040
pH030
Selenium, dry weight030
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]030
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure030
Copper, dry weight030
Cadmium, dry weight030
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method030
Annual amt of sludge incinerated030
Annual sludge production, total030
Annual amount of sludge land applied030
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit030
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement030
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]030
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]030
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]030
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]030
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]030
Description of pathogen option used030
Vector attraction reduction alternative used030
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute D. Pulex030
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales promelas030
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia030
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas030
Nickel, total [as Ni]020
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1020
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2020
E. coli020
Level of pathogen requirements achieved020
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia020
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas020
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]010
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system010
Boundary areas010
Pollutant table from 503.13010

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 TX0102938.

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.