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Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 309 - DOMESTIC WASTEWATER EFFLUENT LIMITATION AND PLANT SITING › Subchapter C - LAND DISPOSAL OF SEWAGE EFFLUENT › Section 309.23 - Demonstrating Firm Reclaimed Water Demand

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a)
				  The applicant shall submit five years or more of consecutive water use data for
				  each user, if available. If five years of data is not available, the applicant
				  shall submit a minimum of two consecutive years of water use data for each user
				  to demonstrate firm reclaimed water demand. Water user data must be from the
				  period immediately preceding the date the application is received.
(b) The applicant shall submit the total
				  monthly volume of water used by users satisfying subsection (a) of this section
				  for indoor use and outdoor use, respectively.
(c) Water use data can be for reuse conducted
				  by either the applicant or reclaimed water users that have a contract with the
				  applicant to reuse the applicant's reclaimed water. The contract must be for a
				  minimum term of five years.
(d)
				  Water use data must be for the same type of reclaimed water use proposed (for
				  example, a user's landscape irrigation data may not be used to support the
				  user's dust control or toilet flushing use).
(e) For each user, water use data must
				  include:
(1) the amount of water used on a
				  monthly basis;
(2) the type of use
				  of the water at each site; and
(3)
				  the number of acres irrigated at each site, if applicable.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 309 - DOMESTIC WASTEWATER EFFLUENT LIMITATION AND PLANT SITING › Subchapter C - LAND DISPOSAL OF SEWAGE EFFLUENT › Section 309.24 - Calculating and Using Beneficial Reuse Credit

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) For outdoor uses.
(1) For users with less than five years of
				  water use data, the beneficial reuse credit is calculated as 80% of the lowest
				  total monthly volume of water used.
(2) For users with five or more years of
				  water use data, the beneficial reuse credit is calculated as 80% of the average
				  of the three lowest total monthly volumes of water use data submitted for the
				  five years prior to the date the application is submitted. All users must have
				  at least five consecutive years of data when taking the average of the lowest
				  three months.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 309 - DOMESTIC WASTEWATER EFFLUENT LIMITATION AND PLANT SITING › Subchapter C - LAND DISPOSAL OF SEWAGE EFFLUENT › Section 309.25 - Requirements

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Application
				  Requirements.
(1) The applicant must provide
				  the executive director with a list of users and the type of use(s) for each
				  user. For users that propose to use the reclaimed water for irrigation, the
				  list must include the acreage and crop(s) irrigated for each irrigation
				  area.
(2) The applicant must
				  provide the executive director with a map showing the location of the water use
				  sites at a scale specified by the executive director.
(3) The applicant must submit all water use
				  data used to calculate firm reclaimed water demand.
(4) The executive director may request
				  additional information as may be necessary for an adequate technical review of
				  the application.
(5) For permits
				  issued prior to the effective date of this subchapter, the permittee must apply
				  for a permit amendment under Chapter 305 of this title (relating to
				  Consolidated Permits) for approval of a new or approval of a change to an
				  existing beneficial reuse credit.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 311 - WATERSHED PROTECTION RULES › Subchapter A - LAKES TRAVIS AND AUSTIN WATER QUALITY › Section 311.1 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in these sections,
					 shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise.
(1) Lake Austin water
				  quality area--Those portions of the Lake Austin watershed within 10 stream
				  miles of the pool level of Lake Austin (492.8 feet, mean sea level).
(2) Lake Austin watershed--Lake Austin and
				  its tributaries located between Tom Miller Dam and Mansfield Dam.
(3) Lake Travis water quality area--Those
				  portions of the Lake Travis watershed within 10 stream miles of the pool
				  elevation of Lake Travis (681 feet, mean sea level).
(4) Lake Travis watershed--Lake Travis and
				  its tributaries located between Mansfield Dam and Max Starcke Dam, but only
				  that part of the Pedernales River and its tributaries within 15 stream miles of
				  the pool elevation of Lake Travis.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 311 - WATERSHED PROTECTION RULES › Subchapter A - LAKES TRAVIS AND AUSTIN WATER QUALITY › Section 311.2 - No Discharge of Pollutants

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
There shall be no discharge of pollutants into the Lake
					 Austin water quality area or the Lake Travis water quality area, except as
					 provided in these sections.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 311 - WATERSHED PROTECTION RULES › Subchapter A - LAKES TRAVIS AND AUSTIN WATER QUALITY › Section 311.3 - Wastewater Disposal

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
Any proposed sewage treatment facility in the Lake Austin
					 or Lake Travis water quality area will be required to provide secondary
					 treatment in accordance with one of the following options:
(1) the treatment facility will provide
				  treatment as specified in Effluent Sets 2 and A in §
										309.4
				  of this title (relating to Table 1, Effluent Standards for Domestic Wastewater
				  Treatment Plants) prior to discharge into on-channel ponds. Such ponds will be
				  designed, constructed, and operated to meet standards established on a
				  case-by-case basis that will assure that any overflows of treated effluent
				  occur only when the volume of effluent to stormwater in the pond is less than
				  or equal to 1:10. For the purposes of this paragraph and calculation, effluent
				  does not include any amounts of stormwater runoff, but only the amount of
				  wastewater discharge from the plant. Standards will include, but are not
				  limited to, a minimum pond size requirement based on hydrological studies of
				  the drainage area of the pond and allowable irrigation rates as determined in
				  accordance with §
										317.10(c)
				  of this title (relating to Appendix B--Land Disposal of Sewage Effluent);
				  or
(2) the treatment facility will
				  provide secondary treatment as specified in §§
										309.1(c)-309.4
				  of this title (relating to Introduction and Purpose; Rationale for Effluent
				  Sets; Application of Effluent Sets; and Table 1, Effluent Standards for
				  Domestic Wastewater Treatment Plants) prior to discharge into storage ponds for
				  land disposal. Storage ponds and land disposal practices will be designed,
				  constructed, and operated in accordance with §
										317.10(c)
				  of this title (relating to Appendix B--Land Disposal of Sewage
				  Effluent).
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 311 - WATERSHED PROTECTION RULES › Subchapter A - LAKES TRAVIS AND AUSTIN WATER QUALITY › Section 311.4 - Existing Facilities in Water Quality Areas

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Any currently permitted treatment
				  facility in the Lake Austin or Lake Travis water quality areas may continue
				  operation in accordance with the terms and conditions of the existing permit
				  for the facility and can apply for renewal of the permit unless the facility
				  becomes substantially noncompliant or an expansion of the treatment facility is
				  included in the application for renewal.
(b) Any modification of a facility described
				  in subsection (a) of this section that requires a permit amendment and which
				  results in additional treatment capacity will also require treatment as
				  described in §
										311.3 of this
				  title (relating to Wastewater Disposal) for the total wastewater flow from the
				  permitted facility.
(c) Any
				  permitted facility not meeting its permit limitations because of overloading of
				  sewage will be subject to amendment as described in §
										305.62 of
				  this title (relating to Amendment) in order to impose permit limitations
				  consistent with §
										311.3 of this
				  title (relating to Wastewater Disposal).
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 311 - WATERSHED PROTECTION RULES › Subchapter A - LAKES TRAVIS AND AUSTIN WATER QUALITY › Section 311.5 - Lake Austin and Lake Travis Watershed Management

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
Any proposed new or expanded treatment facility in the Lake
					 Austin or Lake Travis watersheds, but outside the Lake Austin and Lake Travis
					 water quality areas may be permitted only if it provides for disposal without
					 discharge in accordance with §
										311.3 of this
					 title (relating to Wastewater Disposal) or if the applicant establishes that
					 any alternative proposed wastewater treatment and disposal will consistently
					 protect and maintain the existing water quality of Lake Austin and Lake
					 Travis.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 311 - WATERSHED PROTECTION RULES › Subchapter A - LAKES TRAVIS AND AUSTIN WATER QUALITY › Section 311.6 - Allowable Storm Water Runoff and Certain Non-Storm Water Discharges

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) The following
				  discharges of storm water runoff may be authorized by a Texas pollutant
				  discharge elimination system (TPDES) permit or a national pollutant discharge
				  elimination system (NPDES) permit:
(1) storm
				  water runoff from industrial facilities;
(2) storm water runoff from municipal
				  separate storm sewer systems; and
(3) storm water runoff from construction
				  activities.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 311 - WATERSHED PROTECTION RULES › Subchapter B - LAKES INKS AND BUCHANAN WATER QUALITY › Section 311.11 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
					 shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise.
(1) Inks Lake water quality
				  area--Those portions of the Inks Lake Watershed within 10 stream miles of the
				  normal operating pool elevation of Inks Lake (888 feet, mean sea
				  level).
(2) Inks Lake
				  watershed--Inks Lake and its tributaries located between Roy Inks Dam and
				  Buchanan Dam.
(3) Lake Buchanan
				  water quality area--Those portions of the Lake Buchanan Watershed within 10
				  stream miles of the normal operating pool elevation of Lake Buchanan (1,020
				  feet, mean sea level).
(4) Lake
				  Buchanan watershed--Lake Buchanan and its tributaries located between Buchanan
				  Dam and the confluence of the Colorado River and Deep Creek near the
				  convergence of the Brown, McCulloch, and San Saba County lines.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 311 - WATERSHED PROTECTION RULES › Subchapter B - LAKES INKS AND BUCHANAN WATER QUALITY › Section 311.12 - No Discharge of Pollutants

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
There shall be no discharge of pollutants into the Inks
					 Lake or Lake Buchanan water quality areas, except as provided in these
					 sections.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 311 - WATERSHED PROTECTION RULES › Subchapter B - LAKES INKS AND BUCHANAN WATER QUALITY › Section 311.13 - Wastewater Disposal

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
Any proposed sewage treatment facility in the Inks Lake or
					 Lake Buchanan water quality areas will be required to provide secondary
					 treatment in accordance with one of the following options:
(1) the treatment facility will provide
				  treatment as specified in Effluent Sets 2 and A in §
										309.4
				  of this title (relating to Table 1, Effluent Standards for Domestic Wastewater
				  Treatment Plants) prior to discharge into on-channel ponds. Such ponds will be
				  designed, constructed, and operated to meet standards established on a
				  case-by-case basis that will assure that any overflows of treated effluent
				  occur only when the volume of effluent to stormwater in the pond is less than
				  or equal to 1:10. For the purposes of this paragraph and calculation, effluent
				  does not include any amounts of stormwater runoff, but only the amount of
				  wastewater discharge from the plant. Standards will include, but are not
				  limited to, a minimum pond size requirement based on hydrological studies of
				  the drainage area of the pond and allowable irrigation rates as determined in
				  accordance with §
										317.10(c)
				  of this title (relating to Appendix B-Land Disposal of Sewage Effluent);
				  or
(2) the treatment facility will
				  provide secondary treatment as specified in §§
										309.1(c)-309.4
				  of this title (relating to Introduction and Purpose; Rationale for Effluent
				  Sets; Application of Effluent Sets, and Table 1, Effluent Standards for
				  Domestic Wastewater Treatment Plants) prior to discharge into storage ponds for
				  land disposal. Storage ponds and land disposal practices will be designed,
				  constructed, and operated in accordance with §
										317.10(c)
				  of this title (relating to Appendix B-Land Disposal of Sewage
				  Effluent).
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 311 - WATERSHED PROTECTION RULES › Subchapter B - LAKES INKS AND BUCHANAN WATER QUALITY › Section 311.14 - Existing Facilities in Water Quality Areas

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Any currently permitted treatment
				  facility in the Inks Lake or Lake Buchanan water quality areas may continue
				  operation in accordance with the terms and conditions of the existing permit
				  for the facility and can apply for renewal of the permit, unless the facility
				  becomes substantially noncompliant or an expansion of the treatment facility is
				  included in the application for renewal.
(b) Any modification of a facility described
				  in subsection (a) of this section that requires a permit amendment and which
				  results in additional treatment capacity will also require treatment as
				  described in §
										311.13 of
				  this title (relating to Wastewater Disposal) for the total wastewater flow from
				  the permitted facility.
(c) Any
				  permitted facility not meeting its permit limitations because of overloading of
				  sewage will be subject to amendment as described in §
										305.62 of
				  this title (relating to Amendment) in order to impose permit limitations
				  consistent with §
										311.13 of
				  this title (relating to Wastewater Disposal).
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 311 - WATERSHED PROTECTION RULES › Subchapter B - LAKES INKS AND BUCHANAN WATER QUALITY › Section 311.15 - Inks Lake and Lake Buchanan Watershed Management

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
Any proposed new or expanded treatment facility in the Inks
					 Lake or Lake Buchanan watersheds, but outside the Inks Lake or Lake Buchanan
					 water quality areas may be permitted only if it provides for disposal without
					 discharge in accordance with §
										311.13 of
					 this title (relating to Wastewater Disposal) or if the applicant establishes
					 that any alternative proposed wastewater treatment and disposal will
					 consistently protect and maintain the existing water quality of Inks Lake and
					 Lake Buchanan.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 311 - WATERSHED PROTECTION RULES › Subchapter B - LAKES INKS AND BUCHANAN WATER QUALITY › Section 311.16 - Allowable Storm Water Runoff and Certain Non-Storm Water Discharges

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) The following
				  discharges of storm water runoff may be authorized by a Texas pollutant
				  discharge elimination system (TPDES) permit or a national pollutant discharge
				  elimination system (NPDES) permit:
(1) storm
				  water runoff from industrial facilities;
(2) storm water runoff from municipal
				  separate storm sewer systems; and
(3) storm water runoff from construction
				  activities.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 311 - WATERSHED PROTECTION RULES › Subchapter C - WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN THE CLEAR LAKE WATERSHED › Section 311.21 - Clear Lake Watershed Effluent Quality Criteria

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) All municipal waste discharges within the
				  Clear Lake watershed (excluding those discharges which have pursued an
				  acceptable alternative, such as diversion of effluent out of the watershed)
				  shall improve and upgrade their waste treatment facilities and operations as
				  needed to achieve, at a minimum, the following effluent quality criteria.
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(b)
				  Effluent disinfection shall conform to Effluent Set A of "A Policy for Effluent
				  Standards for Domestic Wastewater Treatment Plants," contained in §
										309.4
				  of this title (relating to Table 1, Effluent Standards for Domestic Wastewater
				  Treatment Plants). The commission, upon a satisfactory showing by the applicant
				  that no significant adverse water quality condition will occur may provide in
				  the permit that the ammonia as nitrogen limitation may be calculated on an
				  annual basis or grant variances for seasonal variations during winter months so
				  long as such seasonal variation does not exceed 5 mg/liter monthly average or 2
				  mg/liter on an annual average.
(c)
				  All industrial waste discharges within the Clear Lake watershed (excluding
				  those discharges which have pursued an acceptable alternative, such as
				  diversion of effluent out of the watershed) shall improve and upgrade their
				  waste treatment facilities and operations as needed to achieve, at a minimum,
				  effluent limitations commensurate with the treatment efficiencies required of
				  municipal waste discharges to the Clear Lake watershed. In addition, each
				  industrial discharge should be prepared to meet more stringent effluent
				  limitations on a case-by-case basis if warranted by water quality
				  considerations.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 311 - WATERSHED PROTECTION RULES › Subchapter C - WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN THE CLEAR LAKE WATERSHED › Section 311.22 - Implementation of Effluent Quality Criteria

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The commission, upon the request of the executive director,
					 shall revise those permits in the Clear Lake watershed to reflect the terms and
					 conditions of this subchapter and include an implementation schedule to
					 restore, preserve, and maintain the quality of water in Clear Lake as
					 expeditiously as possible.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 311 - WATERSHED PROTECTION RULES › Subchapter D - WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT WITHIN LAKE HOUSTON WATERSHED › Section 311.31 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this
					 subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly
					 indicates otherwise: Lake Houston watershed--The entire drainage area of Lake
					 Houston, with the exception of that portion of the drainage basin of the West
					 Fork of the San Jacinto River which lies upstream of the Lake Conroe
					 Dam.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 311 - WATERSHED PROTECTION RULES › Subchapter D - WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT WITHIN LAKE HOUSTON WATERSHED › Section 311.32 - Effluent Requirements (Domestic)

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
All domestic sewage treatment permit applicants, all
					 permittees who construct authorized treatment facility expansions, and all
					 permittees who apply for increases in their permitted effluent flows, who
					 propose to dispose of treated sewage effluent by discharge into the waters of
					 the state in the Lake Houston watershed shall, at a minimum, achieve the
					 effluent treatment level specified in Effluent Set 2-N and A in §
										309.4
					 of this title (relating to Table I-Effluent Standards for Domestic Wastewater
					 Treatment Plants), except as otherwise provided in this section. All permittees
					 within the Lake Houston watershed that are not covered by the preceding
					 sentence shall achieve the treatment levels specified in Effluent Sets 2-N and
					 A in §
										309.4
					 of this title (relating to Table I-Effluent Standards for Domestic Wastewater
					 Treatment Plants) on or before July 1, 1988. Time extensions may be specified
					 by the Texas Water Commission in wastewater discharge permits on a case-by-case
					 basis where circumstances so dictate, but in no case will extend beyond January
					 1, 1990. The Texas Water Commission may require more stringent effluent
					 limitations where advisable to protect water quality. The Texas Water
					 Commission may authorize variances to allow less stringent effluent limitations
					 as are necessary based on considerations consistent with the provisions of the
					 Texas Water Code.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 311 - WATERSHED PROTECTION RULES › Subchapter D - WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT WITHIN LAKE HOUSTON WATERSHED › Section 311.33 - Effluent Requirements (Industrial)

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
All industrial wastewater treatment permit applicants, all
					 permittees who construct authorized treatment facility expansions, and all
					 permittees who apply for increases in pollutant loadings, who propose to
					 dispose of treated industrial wastewater effluent by discharge into the waters
					 of the state in the Lake Houston watershed shall achieve effluent treatment
					 levels commensurate with the goals of this section. All permittees within the
					 Lake Houston watershed that are not covered by the preceding sentence shall
					 achieve the effluent requirements of this section on or before July 1, 1988.
					 Time extensions may be specified by the Texas Water Commission in wastewater
					 discharge permits on a case-by-case basis where circumstances so dictate, but
					 in no case will extend beyond January 1, 1990. The Texas Water Commission may
					 require more stringent effluent limitations where advisable to protect water
					 quality. The Texas Water Commission may authorize a variance to allow less
					 stringent effluent limitations based on considerations consistent with the
					 provisions of the Texas Water Code.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 311 - WATERSHED PROTECTION RULES › Subchapter D - WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT WITHIN LAKE HOUSTON WATERSHED › Section 311.34 - Land Disposal

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
All sewage treatment facilities which dispose of wastewater
					 effluent by land disposal methods in the Lake Houston watershed shall provide
					 secondary treatment as specified in §§
										309.1-309.4
					 of this title (relating to Introduction and Purpose; Rationale for Effluent
					 Sets; Application of Effluent Sets; and Table 1, Effluent Standards for
					 Domestic Wastewater Treatment Plants) prior to discharge into storage ponds for
					 land disposal. Storage ponds and land disposal facilities shall be designed,
					 constructed, and operated in accordance with §
										317.10(c)
					 of this title (relating to Appendix B--Land Disposal of Sewage
					 Effluent).
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 311 - WATERSHED PROTECTION RULES › Subchapter D - WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT WITHIN LAKE HOUSTON WATERSHED › Section 311.35 - Domestic Solids Treatment

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The permittee of a domestic sewage treatment facility
					 discharging into the Lake Houston watershed which requests renewal or amendment
					 of an existing permit, or any person who submits an application for a new
					 wastewater discharge permit within the Lake Houston watershed shall be required
					 to submit with the application for renewal, amendment, or new permit, a solids
					 management plan. The report describing such plan shall contain, at a minimum,
					 the following information:
(1) the
				  type of wastewater treatment process used;
(2) the dimensions and capacities of all
				  solids handling and treatment units and processes;
(3) calculations showing the amount of solids
				  generated at design flow and at 75%, 50%, and 25% of design flow;
(4) operating range for mixed liquor
				  suspended solids in the treatment process based on the projected actual and
				  design flow expected at the facility;
(5) a description of the procedure and method
				  of solids removal from the treatment process;
(6) quantity of solids to be removed from the
				  process and schedule for removal of solids that is designed to maintain an
				  appropriate solids inventory; and
(7) identification of the ultimate disposal
				  site and a system of documenting the amount of solids removed in dry weight
				  form.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 311 - WATERSHED PROTECTION RULES › Subchapter D - WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT WITHIN LAKE HOUSTON WATERSHED › Section 311.36 - Disinfection

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) By May 1, 1986,
				  the permittees of all domestic sewage and industrial wastewater treatment
				  facilities discharging into the Lake Houston watershed which utilize gaseous
				  chlorination disinfection systems shall install dual-feed chlorination systems
				  which are capable of automatically changing from one cylinder to
				  another.
(b) Chlorination
				  disinfection systems shall be operated so that a minimum chlorine residual of
				  1.0 milligram per liter (mg/l) and a maximum chlorine residual of 4.0 mg/l
				  measured on an instantaneous grab sample is not exceeded for discharges into
				  the Lake Houston watershed.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 311 - WATERSHED PROTECTION RULES › Subchapter E - COLORADO RIVER WATERSHED › Section 311.41 - Scope

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
These sections apply to the Colorado River Watershed in
					 Segment 1428, of the Texas surface water quality standards, including the
					 Colorado River from Longhorn Dam to 100 meters downstream of State Highway
					 95/State Highway Loop 230 bridge in Smithville, Texas, and all tributaries of
					 that segment of the Colorado River, and to Segment 1427, Onion Creek, and its
					 tributaries, of the Texas surface water quality standards, from its confluence
					 with the Colorado River to the most upstream crossing of Farm to Market Road
					 165.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 311 - WATERSHED PROTECTION RULES › Subchapter E - COLORADO RIVER WATERSHED › Section 311.42 - Effluent Requirements for the Main Stem of Segment 1428 of the Colorado River

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) All domestic
				  sewage treatment permit applicants, all permittees who construct treatment
				  facility expansions, and all permittees who apply for increases in their
				  permitted effluent flows who propose to dispose of treated sewage effluent by
				  discharge directly into Segment 1428 of the Colorado River shall, at a minimum,
				  achieve the following level of effluent treatment:
(1) 10 milligrams per liter of biochemical
				  oxygen demand, based on a 30-day average;
(2) 15 milligrams per liter of total
				  suspended solids, based on a 30-day average;
(3) 2 milligrams per liter of ammonia
				  nitrogen, based on a 30-day average; and
(4) 5 milligrams per liter, at least, of
				  dissolved oxygen content, based on a 30-day average.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 311 - WATERSHED PROTECTION RULES › Subchapter E - COLORADO RIVER WATERSHED › Section 311.43 - Effluent Requirements for All Tributaries of Segment 1428 of the Colorado River and Segment 1427, Onion Creek, and Its Tributaries, of the Colorado River Basin

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Except as
				  provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, all discharges of treated
				  sewage effluent into the waters of the state in the tributaries of Segment 1428
				  of the Colorado River or directly into Segment 1427, Onion Creek, of the
				  Colorado River Basin and its tributaries shall, at a minimum, achieve the
				  following level of effluent treatment:
(1)
				  five milligrams per liter of biochemical oxygen demand, based on a 30-day
				  average;
(2) five milligrams per
				  liter of total suspended solids, based on a 30-day average;
(3) two milligrams per liter of ammonia
				  nitrogen, based on a 30-day average; and
(4) one milligram per liter of phosphorus,
				  based on a 30-day average.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 311 - WATERSHED PROTECTION RULES › Subchapter E - COLORADO RIVER WATERSHED › Section 311.44 - Disinfection

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) All sewage
				  treatment facilities discharging into Segment 1428 of the Colorado River Basin
				  and its tributaries, or Segment 1427, Onion Creek, and its tributaries, shall
				  install dual-feed chlorination systems which are capable of automatically
				  changing from one cylinder to another at the time they are constructed or by
				  June 1, 1990.
(b) Chlorination
				  disinfection systems shall be operated so that a minimum chlorine residual of
				  1.0 milligrams per liter and a maximum chlorine residual of 4.0 milligrams per
				  liter, measured on an instantaneous grab sample, are met for all discharges
				  into Segment 1428, the Colorado River Basin, and its tributaries, or Segment
				  1427, Onion Creek, and its tributaries.
(c) The commission may consider alternative
				  disinfection methods on a case-by-case basis.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 311 - WATERSHED PROTECTION RULES › Subchapter F - LAKES LYNDON B. JOHNSON AND MARBLE FALLS WATER QUALITY › Section 311.51 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in these sections,
					 shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise.
(1) Lake Lyndon B. Johnson
				  Water-Quality Area--Those portions of the Lake Lyndon B. Johnson Watershed
				  within ten stream miles of the pool level of Lake Lyndon B. Johnson (825 feet,
				  mean sea level).
(2) Lake Lyndon B.
				  Johnson Watershed--Lake Lyndon B. Johnson and its tributaries located between
				  Alvin Wirtz Dam and Roy Inks Dam.
(3) Lake Marble Falls Water Quality
				  Area--Those portions of the Lake Marble Falls Watershed within 10 stream miles
				  of the pool elevation of Lake Marble Falls (738 feet, mean sea
				  level).
(4) Lake Marble Falls
				  Watershed--Lake Marble Falls and its tributaries located between Max Starcke
				  Dam and Alvin Wirtz Dam.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 311 - WATERSHED PROTECTION RULES › Subchapter F - LAKES LYNDON B. JOHNSON AND MARBLE FALLS WATER QUALITY › Section 311.52 - No Discharge of Pollutants

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
There shall be no discharge of pollutants into or adjacent
					 to waters of the state within the Lake Lyndon B. Johnson Water Quality Area or
					 the Lake Marble Falls Water Quality Area, except as provided in this
					 subchapter.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 311 - WATERSHED PROTECTION RULES › Subchapter F - LAKES LYNDON B. JOHNSON AND MARBLE FALLS WATER QUALITY › Section 311.53 - Wastewater Disposal

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
Any proposed sewage treatment facility in the Lake Lyndon
					 B. Johnson or Lake Marble Falls Water Quality Area will be required to provide
					 secondary treatment facility in accordance with one of the following
					 options:
(1) the treatment facility
				  will provide treatment as specified in Effluent Sets 2 and A in §
										309.4
				  of this title (relating to Table 1, Effluent Standards for Domestic Wastewater
				  Treatment Plants) prior to discharge into on-channel ponds. Such ponds will be
				  designed, constructed, and operated to meet standards established on a
				  case-by-case basis that will assure that any overflows of treated effluent
				  occur only when the volume of effluent to stormwater in the pond is less than
				  or equal to 1:10. For the purposes of this paragraph and calculation, effluent
				  does not include any amount of stormwater runoff, but only the amount of
				  wastewater discharge from the plant. Standards will include, but are not
				  limited to, a minimum pond size requirement based on hydrological studies of
				  the drainage area of the pond and allowable irrigation rates as determined in
				  accordance with §
										317.10(c)
				  of this title (relating to Appendix B-Land Disposal of Sewage Effluent);
				  or
(2) the treatment facility will
				  provide secondary treatment as specified in §§
										309.1(c)-309.4
				  of this title (relating to Introduction and Purpose, Rationale for Effluent
				  Sets; Application of Effluent Sets and Table 1, Effluent Standards for Domestic
				  Wastewater Treatment Plants) prior to discharge into storage ponds for land
				  disposal. Storage ponds and land disposal practices will be designed,
				  constructed and operated in accordance with §
										317.10(c)
				  of this title (relating to Appendix B--Land Disposal of Sewage
				  Effluent).
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 311 - WATERSHED PROTECTION RULES › Subchapter F - LAKES LYNDON B. JOHNSON AND MARBLE FALLS WATER QUALITY › Section 311.54 - Existing Facilities in Water Quality Areas

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Any currently permitted treatment
				  facility in the Lake Lyndon B. Johnson or Lake Marble Falls Water Quality Areas
				  may continue operation in accordance with the terms and conditions of the
				  existing permit for the facility and can apply for renewal of the permit unless
				  the facility becomes substantially noncompliant or an expansion of the
				  treatment facility is included in the application for renewal.
(b) Any modification of a facility described
				  in subsection (a) of this section that requires a permit amendment and which
				  results in additional treatment capacity will also require treatment as
				  described in §
										311.53 of
				  this title (relating to Wastewater Disposal) for the total wastewater flow from
				  the permitted facility.
(c) Any
				  permitted facility not meeting its permit limitations because of overloading of
				  sewage will be subject to amendment as described in §
										305.62 of
				  this title (relating to Amendment) in order to impose permit limitations
				  consistent with §
										311.53 of
				  this title (relating to Wastewater Disposal).
(d) The commission may consider any
				  application for a new facility or for expansion of an existing facility that
				  has been received by the commission and declared administratively complete as
				  of November 1, 1986, after notice and an opportunity for hearing has been
				  extended to all affected parties as required under §§ 305.91-305.105
				  of this title (relating to Actions, Notice, and Hearing). However, the
				  commission's decision on any application considered under this subsection shall
				  not be constrained, in any manner, by the provisions of this
				  subsection.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 311 - WATERSHED PROTECTION RULES › Subchapter F - LAKES LYNDON B. JOHNSON AND MARBLE FALLS WATER QUALITY › Section 311.55 - Lake Lyndon B. Johnson and Lake Marble Falls Watershed Management

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
Any proposed new or expanded treatment facility in the Lake
					 Lyndon B. Johnson or Lake Marble Falls Watersheds but outside the Lake Lyndon
					 B. Johnson and Lake Marble Falls Water Quality Areas may be permitted only if
					 it provides disposal without discharge in accordance with §
										311.53 of
					 this title (relating to Wastewater Disposal) or if the applicant establishes
					 that any alternative proposed wastewater treatment and disposal will
					 consistently protect and maintain the existing water quality of Lake Lyndon B.
					 Johnson and Lake Marble Falls.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 311 - WATERSHED PROTECTION RULES › Subchapter F - LAKES LYNDON B. JOHNSON AND MARBLE FALLS WATER QUALITY › Section 311.56 - Allowable Storm Water Runoff and Certain Non-Storm Water Discharges

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) The following
				  discharges of storm water runoff into or adjacent to water in the state may be
				  authorized by a Texas pollutant discharge elimination system (TPDES) permit or
				  a national pollutant discharge elimination system (NPDES) permit:
(1) storm water runoff from industrial
				  facilities;
(2) storm water runoff
				  from municipal separate storm sewer systems; and
(3) storm water runoff from construction
				  activities.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 311 - WATERSHED PROTECTION RULES › Subchapter G - LAKES WORTH, EAGLE MOUNTAIN, BRIDGEPORT, CEDAR CREEK, BENBROOK, AND RICHLAND-CHAMBERS › Section 311.62 - Scope

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
Except for §311.67 of this title (relating to Nutrient
					 Control), this subchapter applies to discharges into the water quality areas of
					 Lakes Worth, Eagle Mountain, Bridgeport, Cedar Creek, Arlington, Benbrook, and
					 Richland-Chambers. Section
					 311.61 and
					 §
										311.66
					 of this title (relating to Definitions; and More Stringent Requirements,
					 respectively) also apply to the Benbrook Lake watershed. Section 311.67 of this
					 title only applies to discharges to the Benbrook Lake watershed and Benbrook
					 Lake water quality area.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 311 - WATERSHED PROTECTION RULES › Subchapter G - LAKES WORTH, EAGLE MOUNTAIN, BRIDGEPORT, CEDAR CREEK, BENBROOK, AND RICHLAND-CHAMBERS › Section 311.63 - Discharges into Water Quality Areas and Lakes

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Wastewater treatment systems other than
				  oxidation ponds systems.
(1) By January 1,
				  1993, all domestic wastewater discharges from wastewater treatment systems
				  other than oxidation pond systems shall meet the following effluent limits:
Attached
					 Graphic
(2) By
				  January 1, 1993, all wastewater treatment systems other than oxidation pond
				  systems shall employ filtration to supplement suspended solids
				  removal.
(3) Domestic wastewater
				  discharged from wastewater treatment systems other than oxidation pond systems
				  shall be disinfected prior to discharge in a manner to protect public health
				  and aquatic life. Any appropriate process may be considered and approved on a
				  case-by-case basis. If chlorine is utilized as the disinfectant, the effluent
				  shall have a minimum concentration of 1 mg/liter chlorine after a 20 minute
				  detention time. The maximum chlorine residual in any discharge shall in no
				  event be greater than four mg/liter, or that necessary to protect aquatic
				  life.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 311 - WATERSHED PROTECTION RULES › Subchapter G - LAKES WORTH, EAGLE MOUNTAIN, BRIDGEPORT, CEDAR CREEK, BENBROOK, AND RICHLAND-CHAMBERS › Section 311.64 - Effluent Quality Monitoring

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
At a minimum, the permittee shall collect 24-hour composite
					 samples of the effluent at least once each month for the permitted parameters.
					 More frequent monitoring requirements may be specified in the permit in
					 accordance with Chapter 319 of this title (relating to General Regulations
					 Incorporated into Permits).
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 311 - WATERSHED PROTECTION RULES › Subchapter G - LAKES WORTH, EAGLE MOUNTAIN, BRIDGEPORT, CEDAR CREEK, BENBROOK, AND RICHLAND-CHAMBERS › Section 311.65 - Effluent Flow Measurement

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The permittee shall have equipment necessary to measure or
					 estimate the flow of the wastewater discharge.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 311 - WATERSHED PROTECTION RULES › Subchapter G - LAKES WORTH, EAGLE MOUNTAIN, BRIDGEPORT, CEDAR CREEK, BENBROOK, AND RICHLAND-CHAMBERS › Section 311.66 - More Stringent Requirements

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The commission may impose, in permits, more stringent
					 requirements than those specified in this subchapter, on a case-by-case basis,
					 wherever appropriate to maintain desired water quality
					 levels.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 311 - WATERSHED PROTECTION RULES › Subchapter G - LAKES WORTH, EAGLE MOUNTAIN, BRIDGEPORT, CEDAR CREEK, BENBROOK, AND RICHLAND-CHAMBERS › Section 311.67 - Nutrient Control

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Domestic
				  wastewater discharges from wastewater treatment systems, other than oxidation
				  pond systems, must meet a daily effluent limit for total phosphorus of 1.0
				  milligram per liter, based on a 30-day average, if the wastewater treatment
				  system:
(1) has a permitted annual or daily
				  average flow greater than or equal to 0.10 million gallons per day and a
				  discharge point located in the Benbrook Lake water quality area; or
(2) has a permitted annual or daily average
				  flow greater than or equal to 0.25 million gallons per day and a discharge
				  point located in the Benbrook Lake watershed, but outside the Benbrook Lake
				  water quality area.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 311 - WATERSHED PROTECTION RULES › Subchapter H - REGULATION OF QUARRIES IN THE JOHN GRAVES SCENIC RIVERWAY › Section 311.72 - Applicability

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) This subchapter
				  applies to a pilot program regulating quarrying within the water quality
				  protection area designated by this subchapter, in the John Graves Scenic
				  Riverway. This subchapter expires on September 1, 2025.
(b) This subchapter does not apply to:
(1) the construction or operation of a
				  municipal solid waste facility regardless of whether the facility includes a
				  pit or quarry that is associated with past quarrying;
(2) a quarry, or associated processing plant,
				  that since on or before January 1, 1994, has been in regular operation without
				  cessation of operation for more than 30 consecutive days and under the same
				  ownership;
(3) the construction or
				  modification of associated equipment located on a quarry site or associated
				  processing plant site described in paragraph (2) of this subsection;
(4) an activity, facility, or operation
				  regulated under Natural Resources Code, Texas Surface Coal Mining and
				  Reclamation Act, Chapter 134; or
(5) quarries mining clay and shale for use in
				  manufacturing structural clay products.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 311 - WATERSHED PROTECTION RULES › Subchapter H - REGULATION OF QUARRIES IN THE JOHN GRAVES SCENIC RIVERWAY › Section 311.72 - Applicability

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) This subchapter applies to a pilot
				  program regulating quarrying in the John Graves Scenic Riverway and Coke
				  Stevenson Scenic Riverway. This subchapter expires on September 1,
				  2027.
(b) This subchapter does not
				  apply to:
(1) the construction or operation of
				  a municipal solid waste facility regardless of whether the facility includes a
				  pit or quarry that is associated with past quarrying;
(2) a quarry, or associated processing plant,
				  located in the John Graves Scenic Riverway that since on or before January 1,
				  1994, has been in regular operation without cessation of operation for more
				  than 30 consecutive days and under the same ownership;
(3) the construction or modification of
				  associated equipment located on a quarry site or associated processing plant
				  site in the John Graves Scenic Riverway described in paragraph (2) of this
				  subsection;
(4) an activity,
				  facility, or operation regulated under Natural Resources Code, Texas Surface
				  Coal Mining and Reclamation Act, Chapter 134; or
(5) quarries mining clay and shale for use in
				  manufacturing structural clay products.