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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0129364

CITY OF CASTROVILLE WWTP, Castroville, TX: NPDES TX0129364 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CITY OF CASTROVILLE WWTP, held by CASTROVILLE, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit TX0129364, which discharges to Medina River Below Medina Diversion Lake. EPA’s file records it issued May 8, 2020 and expiring May 8, 2025. 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 filedCITY OF CASTROVILLE WWTP
Permittee as filedCASTROVILLE, CITY OF
NPDES IDTX0129364
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
IssuedMay 8, 2020
Expiration dateMay 8, 2025
AddressCastroville, TX 78009
Receiving waterMedina River Below Medina Diversion Lake
SubwatershedFlat Creek-Medina River (HUC 121003020501)

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
Phosphorus, total [as P]33725June 30, 2025344% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]3142January 31, 202645% over the limit
E. coli291May 31, 2025506% over the limit
Solids, total suspended3120
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]3120
pH290
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant280
Chlorine, total residual280
Arsenic, dry weight050
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]050
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]140
Selenium, dry weight030
Copper, dry weight030
Cadmium, dry weight030
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
Nickel, total [as Ni]020
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]020
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure020
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method020
Annual amt of sludge incinerated020
Annual sludge production, total020
Annual amount of sludge land applied020
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit020
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill020
Annual amt sludge transported interstate020
Level of pathogen requirements achieved020
Description of pathogen option used020
Vector attraction reduction alternative used020
Fecal coliform010
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system010
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement010
Boundary areas010
Salmonella010
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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
December 15, 2023Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
May 16, 2017Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6

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.