Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0138517
WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY, Midland, TX: NPDES TX0138517 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 17Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY, held by MIDLAND, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit TX0138517, which discharges to Midland Draw;Johnson Draw;Mustang Dray. EPA’s file records it issued January 14, 2020 and expiring January 14, 2025. 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 | WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | MIDLAND, CITY OF |
| NPDES ID | TX0138517 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | January 14, 2020 |
| Expiration date | January 14, 2025 |
| Address | Midland, TX 79706 |
| Receiving water | MIDLAND DRAW;JOHNSON DRAW;MUSTANG DRAY |
| Subwatershed | Pease School-Midland Draw (HUC 120800050601) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 17Pollutants on file
- 17Under a numeric limit
- 2With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 | 2 | 12 | 12 | July 31, 2026 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 6 | 6 | November 30, 2024 | 200% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Statis Renewal 48 Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48Hr acute Pimephales promelas | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48HR Acute Daphnia pulex | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LOAEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute D. Pulex | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 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
- 8Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| April 7, 2026 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| March 9, 2026 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| November 6, 2025 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| March 1, 2023 | PR: Biosolids - Land Application: Vector Attraction Reduction Violation (003 - Solids, total volatile percent removal - Minimum) | ST6 |
| December 1, 2022 | PR: Biosolids - Land Application: Vector Attraction Reduction Violation (002 - Solids, total volatile percent removal - Minimum) | ST6 |
| December 1, 2022 | PR: Biosolids - Land Application: Pollutant Limit Ceiling Violation (002 - Molybdenum - Maximum) | ST6 |
| September 1, 2022 | PR: Biosolids - Land Application: Vector Attraction Reduction Violation (001 - Solids, total volatile percent removal - Minimum) | ST6 |
| September 1, 2021 | PR: Biosolids - Land Application: Vector Attraction Reduction Violation (002) | ST6 |
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.