Wastewater and Stormwater

NEWPublic Involvement Plan (PIP) Forms Required for Certain Individual Wastewater and Stormwater Permit Applications

All new and major amendment wastewater and stormwater individual permit applications received on or after November 1, 2022, must now include a completed Public Involvement Plan (PIP) form. Individual permit applications are being updated to explicitly include this new requirement.

• PIP Form (TCEQ Form-20960)
• PIP Form Instructions (TCEQ Form-20960-inst)

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NEWSubmitting a Wastewater Permit Application

TCEQ now offers two methods to submit a wastewater permit application.

STEERS Submittal (ePermits)

Complete and submit an application to obtain a new, renewed, or amended individual wastewater permit using TCEQ’s online e-permitting system STEERS. Visit TCEQ’s STEERS ePermits Help page for information. Additional copies (paper or electronic) are not required for applications submitted through STEERS.

Hardcopy Submittal

Alternatively, you may submit one completed physical application (i.e., an original paper hardcopy) and one exact electronic copy of the application via TCEQ Send.

For instructions on using TCEQ send, please visit https://www.tceq.texas.gov/help/helpcmpr.html. For, other questions about the submittal of electronic copies, please view the frequently asked questions.

Please note, submitting an exact electronic copy of the application does not relieve applicants of the requirement to submit a paper hardcopy of the original application per 30 TAC §305.48. The initial review start date will begin once the paper hardcopy of the original application is stamped received by the TCEQ mailroom.

Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (TPDES) Program Authority

• What is TPDES?
• 1998 TPDES Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Related Documents
• 2020 TPDES MOA with EPA
• 2021 TPDES MOA Addendum with EPA Related to Oil and
  Gas Discharges

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Stakeholder Groups

• For more information, please check the Surface Water Quality Standards Advisory Group web page for current and future information regarding revisions to the draft Appendix E of the proposed 2022 revisions to the Implementation Procedures on Implementing the Surface Water Quality Standards in Permitting. Past information on the MUR Stakeholders can be found at the Methods Update Rule for Federal Clean Water Act Analyses webpage.
• Oil and Gas Discharge Delegation Stakeholder Meetings
  For more current and future information, please check the WQAWGweb page.. Historical information may be found on theHouse Bill 2771 web page.
• Pretreatment Stakeholder Meetings
  For more information, please check the Pretreatment Stakeholder Group (PSG)
• Sand Mining Rulemaking
  TCEQ has initiated rulemaking related to sand mining best management practices in the San Jacinto River Watershed and is seeking input from stakeholder.
• Water Quality Advisory Work Group (WQAWG)
  For more information, please check the WQAWG web page.

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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.

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Types of Permits and Registrations

• Stormwater Permits
• General Permits for Wastewater and Stormwater
• City and Other Municipal Wastewater Permits
• Industrial Wastewater Permits
• Agricultural Operation Permits
• Sewage Sludge and Biosolids Permits and Regulations: Beneficial Land Application, Marketing and Distribution and Disposal
• Septic Systems Permits
• Clean Water Certification for Boat Sewage
• Oil and Gas Permits

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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

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Reusing Wastewater

• 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.

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Regionalization for Wastewater Treatment

Information for applicants and the public about the requirements associated with regionalization and TCEQ’s role in reviewing domestic wastewater permit applications.

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