Texas Water Code 26.047 – Permit Conditions and Pretreatment Standards Concerning Publicly Owned Treatment Works
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(a) The commission shall impose as conditions in permits for the discharge of pollutants from publicly owned treatment works requirements for information to be provided by the permittee concerning new introductions of pollutants or substantial changes in the volume or character of pollutants being introduced into such treatment works.
(b) The commission is authorized to impose as conditions in permits for the discharge of pollutants from publicly owned treatment works appropriate measures to establish and insure compliance by industrial users with any system of user charges required under state or federal law or any regulations or guidelines promulgated thereunder.
Terms Used In Texas Water Code 26.047
- Commission: means the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission. See Texas Water Code 26.001
- Treatment works: means any devices and systems used in the storage, treatment, recycling, and reclamation of waste to implement this chapter or necessary to recycle or reuse water at the most economical cost over the estimated life of the works, including:
(A) intercepting sewers, outfall sewers, pumping, power, and other equipment and their appurtenances;
(B) extensions, improvements, remodeling, additions, and alterations of the items in Paragraph (A) of this subdivision;
(C) elements essential to provide a reliable recycled supply such as standby treatment units and clear-well facilities;
(D) any works, including sites and acquisition of the land that will be a part of or used in connection with the treatment process or is used for ultimate disposal of residues resulting from such treatment;
(E) any plant, disposal field, lagoon, canal, incinerator, area devoted to sanitary landfills, or other facilities installed for the purpose of treating, neutralizing, or stabilizing waste; and
(F) facilities to provide for the collection, control, and disposal of waste heat. See Texas Water Code 26.001
(c) The commission is authorized to apply, and to enforce pursuant to Subchapter D of this chapter, against industrial users of publicly owned treatment works, toxic effluent standards and pretreatment standards for the introduction into such treatment works of pollutants which interfere with, pass through, or otherwise are incompatible with such treatment works.