Mims Creek WWTP
4000' E US Hwy 75, 6000' S US, Fairfield, TX 75840 · Freestone County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 0.44 MGD
- Design flow
- 0.8 MGD
- NPDES permit
- TX0075850
- Effective
- Permit expires
- October 2027
- Population served
- 2,002
- CWNS 2022
Mims Creek WWTP is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Fairfield, Freestone County, Texas treating an average of 0.44 million gallons per day against a permitted design capacity of 0.8 MGD, serving about 2,002 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit TX0075850 (effective), which expires in October 2027, with 1 recorded violation in the last three years. EPA has recorded 1 formal enforcement action naming the plant, the latest in May 2015.
Treatment technology
3 treatment structures and unit processes identified at Mims Creek WWTP.
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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 1
- Effluent violations
- 1
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 Mims Creek WWTP in EPA's ICIS system.
- Formal actions
- 1
- 0 since FY2020
- Compliance actions
- $1,000
- required by EPA orders
- EPA inspections
- 0
- none on record
Latest case · May 2015
Fairfield, City of
Administrative order · CWA, NPDES Permit Violations · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication · Compliance actions $1,000
EPA's description of the case:
“Respondent, the City Fairfield, operates a Wastewater Treatment Plant in Freestone County, Texas. The Administrative Order is issued for Effluent Violations.”
Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 06-2014-1764.
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Mims Creek WWTP: 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 August 5, 2026.
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