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Wastewater and Stormwater

Types of wastewater and stormwater permits and registrations, and how to apply for them. Permitting requirements. Participating in the permitting process.

NewFederal Clean Water Act Analytical Methods Update Rule (MUR)– Stakeholder Meetings

2017 Federal Clean Water Act Analytical Methods Update Rule (MUR)The first stakeholder workgroup meeting was held August 20, 2019, at the TCEQ Austin Campus. The purpose of the meeting, open to public comment, was to promote sharing the requirements of MUR with the stakeholder community. TCEQ discussed recent activities and the schedule for implementing the rule. More information about the MUR page is coming soon.

NewOil and Gas Discharge Delegation Stakeholder Meetings

For more information, please check the House Bill 2771 web page.

NewProposed Beneficial Reuse Credit

A public hearing was held on July 25, 2019. View comments and more about the proposed rule.

Executive Director's Response to Comments on the City of Blanco Wastewater Discharge Permit

TCEQ received and responded to public comments on the draft permit number WQ0010549002. Response to Comments Adobe Acrobat PDF Document . For an accessible version of the document, please contact Hollis Henley, Staff Attorney, (512) 239-2253 or by email at Hollis.Henley@tceq.texas.gov.

Executive Director's Response to Comments on the Port of Corpus Christi Wastewater Discharge Permit

TCEQ received and responded to public comments on the draft permit number WQ0005253000. Response to Comments Adobe Acrobat PDF Document . For an accessible version of the document, please contact Kathy Humphreys, Staff Attorney, (512) 239-3417 or by email at Kathy.Humphreys@tceq.texas.gov.

Data and Records

TCEQ Data and Records
Environmental data and records available from the TCEQ.
Status of Stormwater and Wastewater Applications and Specifications
Track the status of applications for general permits, applications for individual permits, and approval of wastewater system design plans and specifications.
Records Needed Most Often for Wastewater Investigations
TCEQ investigators send this document to a plant that is about to undergo a wastewater investigation to ensure availability of records needed to complete the process expeditiously.
Wastewater Permitting Annual Homeland Security Contact Information Identify your current Homeland Security contacts and provide or update information on your wastewater permit yearly.

Types of Permits and Registrations

Wastewater Treatment

Wastewater System Design Requirements
Design requirements for domestic wastewater-treatment systems.
Sanitary Sewer Overflow Initiative
If your system has an increase in the number of wastewater overflows, by participating in this program, you can protect your system’s compliance-history rating, as well as human health, safety, and the environment.
Wastewater Pretreatment and Requirements
Requirements for pretreating industrial wastewater discharges to publicly owned treatment works to comply with the POTW's Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit.
Tools for Completing Permit Applications

Reusing Wastewater

UPDATE Proposed Beneficial Reuse Credit
Beneficial Reuse of Graywater
What graywater is and how it can be beneficially reused from private residences, and commercial, industrial, institutional, and agricultural facilities.
Requirements for Reclaimed Water
Requirements for, and uses of, municipal (also called domestic) and industrial reclaimed water.