Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0115924
FOREST COVE WWTP, Kingwood, TX: NPDES TX0115924 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 37Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FOREST COVE WWTP, held by CITY OF HOUSTON, holds NPDES permit TX0115924, which discharges to Unnamed Ditch; Hcfcd Ditch; Lake Houston. EPA’s file records it issued September 27, 2018 and expiring September 27, 2023. 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 filed | FOREST COVE WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CITY OF HOUSTON |
| NPDES ID | TX0115924 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 27, 2018 |
| Expiration date | September 27, 2023 |
| Address | Kingwood, TX 77339 |
| Receiving water | UNNAMED DITCH; HCFCD DITCH; LAKE HOUSTON |
| Subwatershed | Bens Branch-Frontal Lake Houston (HUC 120401010501) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 37Pollutants on file
- 37Under a numeric limit
- 14With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. coli | 6 | 46 | 46 | May 31, 2026 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 3 | 3 | May 31, 2024 | 175% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 1 | 1 | May 31, 2024 | 12% over the limit |
| Arsenic, dry weight | 5 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr] | 5 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| pH | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Level of pathogen requirements achieved | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Description of pathogen option used | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Vector attraction reduction alternative used | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Fecal coliform | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Unit w/liner/leachate collection system | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Boundary areas | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Salmonella | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, dry weight | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dry weight | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dry weight | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Annual whole sludge application rate | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt of sludge incinerated | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Annual sludge production, total | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Annual amount of sludge land applied | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt sludge transported interstate | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pollutant table from 503.13 | 1 | 0 | 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
- 6Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| September 27, 2023 | Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., not permit compliant, no endangerment | EP6 |
| December 28, 2022 | Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., not permit compliant, no endangerment | EP6 |
| December 5, 2022 | Dry-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S., not permit compliant, no endangerment | EP6 |
| April 29, 2022 | Dry-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S., not permit compliant, no endangerment | EP6 |
| April 29, 2022 | Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., not permit compliant, no endangerment | EP6 |
| December 22, 2020 | Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., not permit compliant, no endangerment | EP6 |
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.