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. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025
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.
