ORCHARD, CITY OF

NPDES permit TX0069108 · Minor POTW · expired 2024-07-19 · EPA's file as of 2026-09-26

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These are the last limits EPA's file holds for this permit, from an earlier version of it (version 0 in EPA's file): its current version carries none yet. Read your permit: a renewal can change them.

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

0values over a limit

0required values missing, on 0 form(s)

1of 9 forms filed late

Last period with anything received: 2026-03-31.

Reporting

Reports are due about 20 days after each monitoring period ends (read off this permit's own late-day counts in EPA's filings).

Outfall 001, form A (DOMESTIC FACILITY - 001): every 1 month(s), 13 values
Outfall 001, form Q (DOMESTIC FACILITY - 001): files for periods ending in Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct

How strict are these limits?

Each concentration limit against the same limit in comparable permits. Where it appears more than once, its strictest value.

BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C, single grab sample 65 mg/L — stricter than 34% of 310 other minor POTWs in Texas; 45% have the same limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C, daily average 20 mg/L — stricter than 33% of 340 other minor POTWs in Texas; 44% have the same limit
Solids, total suspended, daily average 20 mg/L — stricter than 17% of 936 other minor POTWs in Texas; 18% have the same limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO], monthly minimum at least 2 mg/L — stricter than 0% of 903 other minor POTWs in Texas; 12% have the same limit
Solids, total suspended, single grab sample 65 mg/L — stricter than 0% of 534 other minor POTWs in Texas; 30% have the same limit
pH, maximum 9 SU — stricter than 0% of 946 other minor POTWs in Texas; 99% have the same limit
Chlorine, total residual, monthly minimum at least 1 mg/L — stricter than 0% of 760 other minor POTWs in Texas; 99% have the same limit
pH, minimum at least 6 SU — stricter than 0% of 946 other minor POTWs in Texas; 100% have the same limit
Chlorine, total residual, monthly maximum 4 mg/L — stricter than 0% of 745 other minor POTWs in Texas; 100% have the same limit

2 other limits: fewer than 20 comparable permits.

Limits in force (15)

Outfall	Parameter	Statistic	Limit	Months
001	Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	monthly minimum	>= 2 mg/L	all year
001	BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	daily average	<= 20 mg/L	all year
001	BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	single grab sample	<= 65 mg/L	all year
001	BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	daily average	<= 13 lb/d	all year
001	pH	minimum	>= 6 SU	all year
001	pH	maximum	<= 9 SU	all year
001	Solids, total suspended	daily average	<= 20 mg/L	all year
001	Solids, total suspended	single grab sample	<= 65 mg/L	all year
001	Solids, total suspended	daily average	<= 13 lb/d	all year
001	Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	daily average	<= .08 MGD	all year
001	Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	daily maximum	report only	all year
001	Chlorine, total residual	monthly minimum	>= 1 mg/L	all year
001	Chlorine, total residual	monthly maximum	<= 4 mg/L	all year
001	E. coli	daily average	<= 126 k/100mL	all year
001	E. coli	single grab sample	<= 399 k/100mL	all year

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