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Discharge permits in Texas

39,714Current permits
764Major dischargers
4,547Individual permits

A major discharger is one EPA rates as significant on volume, toxicity or the water it reaches; the rest are minors. An individual permit is written for one operation, while general permit coverage applies a statewide permit to a site that qualifies for it.

This page gathers Texas’s current permits three ways below — by the program they are issued under, by the city of the discharge, and by watershed. It names 6 programs, 1,074 cities and 2,259 watersheds. Each list says which set it covers.

Every permit’s record

Each of the 39,714 current permits in Texas has a record page: the permittee, the receiving water, the status and dates, and its effluent limits and exceedances. Each city below lists its own; or every permit in Texas, A to Z.

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By what is permitted in Texas

By city

The 400 cities with the most permits. All 1,074 cities in Texas with 3 or more permits are listed at every city in Texas.

Watersheds inside Texas 2,259

Every watershed with three or more permits in Texas, most permits first.

All 2,259 watersheds in Texas with 3 or more permits are named on one page at every watershed in Texas.

Other states

Every state carrying three or more current permits, in alphabetical order.

Permits

Major dischargers first. Not every permit in Texas is listed here.

Permit holder	NPDES ID	City	Program	Discharger	Receiving water
40 ACRE FACILITY	TX0057843	GALVESTON COUNTY	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	HURRICANE LEVEE CANAL;TEXAS CITY SHIP CHANNEL
69TH ST WWTP	TX0096172	HOUSTON	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Buffalo Bayou
AIRPORT WWTP	TX0027791	GALVESTON	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	TIDAL CANAL THAT CTX TO MADELINE LK TO OFFATT BAYO
AJ BROWN PARKER CREEK WWTF	TX0072974	HUNTSVILLE	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Lake Livingston
ALBEMARLE PASADENA PLANT	TX0004731	PASADENA		Major	HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL TIDAL
ALCOA POINT COMFORT OPERATIONS	TX0004715	POINT COMFORT		Major	LAVACA BAY
ALCOA-ROCKDALE OPERATIONS	TX0000876	ROCKDALE		Major	UNNAMED TRIB;EAST YEGUA CREEK
ALLISON WWTP	TX0047082	CORPUS CHRISTI	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	NUECES RIVER
ALMEDA SIMS WWTP	TX0034924	HOUSTON	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	SIMS BAY
ALVIN 2900 ACRE TRACT WWTP	TX0143162	ALVIN		Major	Bastrop Bayou Tidal
AMERICAN CHROME & CHEMICALS	TX0004685	CORPUS CHRISTI		Major	CORPUS CHRISTI INNER HARBOR
ANDERSON MILL MUD WWTP	TX0034207	AUSTIN	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	SEG NO 1244 BRAZOS RIVER BASIN
ANGLETON WWTP	TX0056316	ANGLETON	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	UNNAMED DRAINAGE DITCH;OYSTER CK ABOVE TIDAL
ARANSAS PASS WWTP	TX0025682	ARANSAS PASS	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	REDFISH BAY;EFFLUENT DISCHARGE HABITAT
ARKEMA HOUSTON CHEMICAL PLANT	TX0007064	HOUSTON		Major	GREENS BAYOU;HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL
ARLANXEO ORANGE SITE	TX0003654	ORANGE		Major	COW BAYOU TIDAL
ARROYO AQUACULTURE WWTF	TX0103811	CAMERON COUNTY		Major	Laguna Atascosa
ASCEND PERFORMANCE MATERIALS CHOCOLATE BAYOU PLANT	TX0003875	ALVIN		Major	CHOCOLATE BAYOU TIDAL, NEW BAYOU
ASH CREEK WWTP	TX0023116	AZLE	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	10 PIPE TO REYNOLDS BRANCH, ASH CR
ASHLAND WWTP	TX0143022	ANGLETON		Major	Oyster Creek Bayou Tidal
ATASCOCITA REGIONAL WWTP	TX0058963	HOUSTON	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	WILLIAMS GULLY, GARNERS BAYOU, GREE
ATASCOSA RIVER WWTF	TX0022594	PLEASANTON	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	VIA 18 IN PIPE TO LOWER ATASCOSA RV
ATHENS WEST WWTP	TX0025364	ATHENS	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	MAN-MADE DITCH, WALNUT CREEK, CEDAR
AUDUBON WWTP	TX0143821	MAGNOLIA	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Spring Creek
BACLIFF MUD CENTRAL WWTP	TX0021369	BACLIFF	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	DIRECTLY UPPER GALVESTON BAY
BAMMEL UTILITY DISTRICT WWTP	TX0046639	HOUSTON	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	CYPRESS CREEK
BARNEY DAVIS ENERGY CENTER	TX0008826	CORPUS CHRISTI		Major	OSO CREEK;OSO BAY
BARRY ROSE WWTP	TX0032735	PEARLAND	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Clear Creek Above Tidal
BASF FREEPORT SITE	TX0008788	FREEPORT		Major	DOW PLANT B CANAL, BRAZOS RIVER
BASTROP ENERGY CENTER	TX0121762	CEDAR CREEK		Major	COLORADO RIVER BELOW LADY BIRD LAKE
BATTLEGROUND CHLOR ALKALI PLANT	TX0008150	LA PORTE		Major	SEG 1005 SAN JACINTO RIVER BASIN
BAYER BAYTOWN PLANT	TX0002798	CHAMBERS COUNTY		Major	CEDAR BAYOU TIDAL;TRINITY-SAN JACINTO COASTAL BASI
BAYPORT FACILITY	TX0005380	PASADENA	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	BAYPORT CHANNEL
BEAR CREEK WWTP	TX0140228	ALEDO		Major	Benbrook Lake
BEAUMONT CHEMICAL PLANT	TX0005061	BEAUMONT		Major	KIDD GULLY;BAYOU DIN;HILLEBRAND BAYOU
BEAUMONT MS4	TXS000501	BEAUMONT	Large municipal storm sewer systems	Major
BEAUMONT POLYETHYLENE PLANT	TX0068934	BEAUMONT		Major	UNNAMED DITCH,WILLOW MARSH BAYOU
BEECHNUT MUD	TX0084425	HOUSTON	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	HCFCDD D122-00-00, BRAYS BAYOU ABOV
BELL COUNTY WCID 1 WWTP 1	TX0024597	KILLEEN	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	NOLAN CK/SO NOLAN CK
BELL COUNTY WCID 1 WWTP 2	TX0102938	KILLEEN	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	NOLAN CREEK/S NOLAN CREEK

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