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NPDES permit NM0020681 · Major POTW · effective, expires 2027-03-31 · EPA's file as of 2026-09-19

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EPA's record, 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31

11values over a limit
14required values missing, on 1 form(s)
14of 19 forms filed late

Last period with anything received: 2026-07-31. Most often over: Oxygen, dissolved [DO] (10), E. coli (1).

Reporting

Reports are due about 15 days after each monitoring period ends (read off this permit's own late-day counts in EPA's filings).

Limits in force (52)

OutfallParameterStatisticLimitMonths
001Oxygen, dissolved [DO]MINIMUM >= 6 mg/L all year
001BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C30DA AVG <= 20 mg/L all year
001BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C7 DA AVG <= 30 mg/L all year
001BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C30DA AVG <= 176 lb/d all year
001BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C7 DA AVG <= 265 lb/d all year
001pHMINIMUM >= 6.6 SU all year
001pHMAXIMUM <= 9 SU all year
001Solids, total suspended30DA AVG <= 30 mg/L all year
001Solids, total suspended7 DA AVG <= 45 mg/L all year
001Solids, total suspended30DA AVG <= 265 lb/d all year
001Solids, total suspended7 DA AVG <= 398 lb/d all year
001Nitrogen, total [as N]DAILY MX report only all year
001Phosphorus, total [as P]DAILY MX report only all year
001Cadmium, total [as Cd]30DA AVG <= 1.55 ug/L all year
001Cadmium, total [as Cd]DAILY MX <= 2.32 ug/L all year
001Cadmium, total [as Cd]30DA AVG <= .01 lb/d all year
001Cadmium, total [as Cd]7 DA AVG <= .02 lb/d all year
001Acrylonitrile30DA AVG <= 11.65 ug/L all year
001AcrylonitrileDAILY MX <= 17.48 ug/L all year
001Acrylonitrile30DA AVG <= .1 lb/d all year
001Acrylonitrile7 DA AVG <= .15 lb/d all year
001Hexachlorobenzene30DA AVG <= .00614 ug/L all year
001HexachlorobenzeneDAILY MX <= .00921 ug/L all year
001Hexachlorobenzene30DA AVG <= .0000543 lb/d all year
001HexachlorobenzeneDAILY MX <= .0000815 lb/d all year
001Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant30DA AVG report only all year
001Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant7 DA AVG report only all year
001Chlorine, total residualINST MAX <= 11 ug/L all year
001E. coli30DAVGEO <= 548 CFU/100mL all year
001E. coliDAILY MX <= 2507 CFU/100mL all year
001BOD, 5-day, percent removalMO AV MN >= 85 % all year
001Solids, suspended percent removalMO AV MN >= 85 % all year
TX1Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1VALUE report only all year
TX1Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2VALUE report only all year
TX1WET, sublethal retest #1VALUE report only all year
TX1WET, sublethal retest #2VALUE report only all year
TX1Whole Effluent Toxicity - Retest #3VALUE report only all year
TX1Whole Effluent Toxicity, Sub-Lethal Retest #3VALUE report only all year
TX1Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubiaVALUE report only all year
TX1Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelasVALUE report only all year
TX1Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubiaVALUE report only all year
TX1Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelasVALUE report only all year
TX1NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubiaVALUE report only all year
TX1NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelasVALUE report only all year
TX1NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubiaVALUE report only all year
TX1NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelasVALUE report only all year
TX1Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubiaVALUE report only all year
TX1Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelasVALUE report only all year
TX1LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubiaVALUE report only all year
TX1LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelasVALUE report only all year
TX1LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubiaVALUE report only all year
TX1LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelasVALUE report only all year

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