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Big Sandy WWTF

201 West Old Waters Bluff Rd, Big Sandy, TX 75755 · Upshur County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works

Average flow
0.14 MGD
Design flow
0.24 MGD
NPDES permit
TX0033308
Administratively continued
Permit expires
September 2026
Population served
1,331
CWNS 2022

Big Sandy WWTF is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Big Sandy, Upshur County, Texas treating an average of 0.14 million gallons per day against a permitted design capacity of 0.24 MGD, serving about 1,331 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit TX0033308 (administratively continued), which expires in September 2026, with 3 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 5 formal enforcement actions naming the plant, the latest in January 2009.

Treatment technology

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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)

Total violations
3
Effluent violations
3

Based on NPDES Discharge Monitoring Reports. Full violation history, parameters and discharge data available in the Klarifi platform.

EPA enforcement history

Federal civil enforcement cases, compliance inspections and informal actions recorded for Big Sandy WWTF in EPA's ICIS system.

Formal actions
5
0 since FY2020
Penalties assessed
$5,800
all cases
Compliance actions
$800
required by EPA orders
EPA inspections
0
none on record

Latest case · Jan 2009

BIG SANDY, THE CITY OF, A TEXAS MUNICIPALITY

Administrative order · CWA, Sewage Sludge Disposal · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication

Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 06-2000-0249.

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Key contacts

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Big Sandy WWTF: frequently asked questions

Sources and methodology

Flow, permit and violation figures come from the EPA's ICIS-NPDES discharge monitoring records. Population served comes from the Clean Watersheds Needs Survey 2022. Treatment structures are identified by Klarifi's review of aerial imagery, and capital improvement projects are extracted from published municipal budget documents. Violations are counted over the last three years of monitoring reports.

Data refreshed October 26, 2026; facility record last updated September 11, 2026.

Wastewater terms: POTW · MGD · NPDES permit · Inflow and infiltration · Tertiary treatment · Significant industrial user · all terms


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