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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0135488

GATEHOUSE WWTF, City Of New Braunfels, TX: NPDES TX0135488 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

GATEHOUSE WWTF, held by CRYSTAL CLEAR SPECIAL UTILITY DISTRICT, holds NPDES permit TX0135488, which discharges to Lower San Marcos River. EPA’s file records it issued July 9, 2020 and expiring July 9, 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 filedGATEHOUSE WWTF
Permittee as filedCRYSTAL CLEAR SPECIAL UTILITY DISTRICT
NPDES IDTX0135488
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedJuly 9, 2020
Expiration dateJuly 9, 2025
AddressCity Of New Braunfels, TX 78132
Receiving waterLower San Marcos River
SubwatershedUpper York Creek (HUC 121002030303)

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]03116July 31, 2026370% over the limit
E. coli22010January 31, 20251,821% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C3175January 31, 2025675% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual2113December 31, 2025110% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]162January 31, 202635% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant291February 28, 20232% over the limit
Solids, total suspended3120
pH290
Arsenic, dry weight050
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]050
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]030
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
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]030
Nickel, total [as Ni]020
Level of pathogen requirements achieved020
Description of pathogen option used020
Vector attraction reduction alternative used020
Fecal coliform010
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]010
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure010
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
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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TX0135488.

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.