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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0118079

HOOKS JUNIOR HIGH WWTF, Hooks, TX: NPDES TX0118079 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

HOOKS JUNIOR HIGH WWTF, held by HOOKS ISD, holds NPDES permit TX0118079, which discharges to Lower Red River. EPA’s file records it issued March 5, 2021 and expiring March 5, 2026. 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 filedHOOKS JUNIOR HIGH WWTF
Permittee as filedHOOKS ISD
NPDES IDTX0118079
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
IssuedMarch 5, 2021
Expiration dateMarch 5, 2026
AddressHooks, TX 77561
Receiving waterLower Red River
SubwatershedMcKinney Bayou-Red River (HUC 111401060601)

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
Solids, total suspended314115January 31, 202251,090% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C31574October 31, 200232% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1541May 31, 200450% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant21070
Chlorine, total residual21070
pH21060
E. coli240
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]030
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure030
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method010
Annual amt of sludge incinerated010
Annual sludge production, total010
Annual amount of sludge land applied010
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit010
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill010
Annual amt sludge transported interstate010

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 TX0118079.

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.