Conventional Water Treatment Plant Discharges: Am I Regulated?

Find out if your conventional Water Treatment Plant needs coverage under the Conventional Water Treatment Plant General Permit (WQG640000) or an individual permit to discharge or land apply wastewater.

TCEQ reissued the Conventional Water Treatment Plant General Permit No. TXG640000, with an effective date of October 12, 2021.

Facilities Likely to be Regulated

This general permit regulates the discharge of wastewater from conventional water treatment plant.

You may be eligible for coverage under the Water Treatment Plant General Permit TXG640000 if your facility generates wastewater as a result of conventional water treatment processes and plans to discharge the wastewater into or adjacent to water in the state.

Activities not Covered by this Permit

This general permit does not authorize the discharge of wastewater generated as a result of the following processes:

Reverse osmosis, ion exchange, or any other desalination process.
Water treatment processes regulated in Title 30, Texas Administrative Code 290.42(g), except ultraviolet light.

Next Steps

If you think — after reading the general permit that it might be appropriate your facility, continue to Obtaining Coverage Under General Permit TXG640000.

If you don't qualify for coverage under this general permit, you may require an individual permit for any discharge released.