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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TXR05BA97

BULLHIDE WWTP, Lorena, TX: NPDES TXR05BA97 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BULLHIDE WWTP, held by CITY OF WACO, holds NPDES permit TXR05BA97. EPA’s file records it issued August 23, 2021 and expiring August 13, 2026. 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 filedBULLHIDE WWTP
Permittee as filedCITY OF WACO
NPDES IDTXR05BA97
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
ProgramIndustrial stormwater
IssuedAugust 23, 2021
Expiration dateAugust 13, 2026
AddressLorena, TX 76655
SubwatershedBull Hide Creek (HUC 120701010101)

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
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C100
Arsenic, total [as As]100
Barium, total [as Ba]100
Cadmium, total [as Cd]100
Chromium, total [as Cr]100
Copper, total [as Cu]100
Lead, total [as Pb]100
Manganese, total [as Mn]100
Nickel, total [as Ni]100
Silver, total [as Ag]100
Zinc, total [as Zn]100
Selenium, total [as Se]100
Mercury, total [as Hg]100

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES TXR05BA97.

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
January 19, 2022Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6

Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not yet 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.