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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0138665

SIERRA VISTA WEST WWTP, Iowa Colony, TX: NPDES TX0138665 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SIERRA VISTA WEST WWTP, held by IOWA COLONY, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit TX0138665, which discharges to Amenity Lk;Drainage Ditch;Unnamed Trib. EPA’s file records it issued July 30, 2019 and expiring July 30, 2024. 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 filedSIERRA VISTA WEST WWTP
Permittee as filedIOWA COLONY, CITY OF
NPDES IDTX0138665
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
IssuedJuly 30, 2019
Expiration dateJuly 30, 2024
AddressIowa Colony, TX 77583
Receiving waterAMENITY LK;DRAINAGE DITCH;UNNAMED TRIB
SubwatershedMustang Bayou (HUC 120402040400)

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
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2228July 31, 202626% over the limit
Solids, total suspended3210
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]3210
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]3210
pH2140
Chlorine, total residual2140
E. coli2140
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]170

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 21, 2023Permit 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 15, 2026.