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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0117536

MARTINEZ III WWTF, San Antonio, TX: NPDES TX0117536 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

MARTINEZ III WWTF, held by SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY, holds NPDES permit TX0117536, which discharges to Escondido Creek; Martinez Creek. EPA’s file records it issued December 16, 2014 and expiring March 1, 2017. 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 filedMARTINEZ III WWTF
Permittee as filedSAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY
NPDES IDTX0117536
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
IssuedDecember 16, 2014
Expiration dateMarch 1, 2017
AddressSan Antonio, TX 78283
Receiving waterESCONDIDO CREEK; MARTINEZ CREEK
SubwatershedSalitrillo Creek-Martinez Creek (HUC 121003040205)

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. coli233June 30, 2018502% over the limit
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method110
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
Arsenic, dry weight500
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]500
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C300
pH300
Solids, total suspended300
Selenium, dry weight300
Copper, dry weight300
Cadmium, dry weight300
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]300
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]300
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]300
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]300
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]300
Nickel, total [as Ni]200
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant200
Chlorine, total residual200
Level of pathogen requirements achieved200
Description of pathogen option used200
Vector attraction reduction alternative used200
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]100
Fecal coliform100
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]100
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure100
Annual whole sludge application rate100
Annual amt of sludge incinerated100
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system100
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement100
Boundary areas100
Salmonella100
Pollutant table from 503.13100

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 TX0117536.

Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not yet 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.