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I-Plan
The Implementation Strategy 1.0: Wastewater Treatment Facilities includes seven implementation activities:
- Implementation Activity 1.1: Impose More Rigorous Bacteria Monitoring Requirements
- Implementation Activity 1.2: Impose Stricter Bacteria Limits for WWTF Effluent
- Implementation Activity 1.3: Increase Compliance and Enforcement by TCEQ
- Implementation Activity 1.4: Improved Design and Operation Criteria for New Plants
- Implementation Activity 1.5: Upgrade Facilities
- Implementation Activity 1.6: Consider Regionalization of WWTF
- Implementation Activity 1.7: Use Treated Effluent for Facility Irrigation
More information about the status of the I-Plan, including a link to the full document, can be found on the BIG page.
Meetings
March 20, 2018
( 1)
March 7, 2017
( 1)
December 8, 2015
( 1)
December 15, 2014
( 3)
February 28, 2013
( 4)
This is an excerpt from the I-Plan approved by the BIG on May 22, 2012. It does include subsequent changes.
Resources
Documents
( 6)
See pages 29 & 37. Bacteria testing is required for permit application.
About E.coli Monitoring Requirements in Domestic Wastewater Permits issued under the Texas Pollutants Discharge Elimination System (TPDES). Shows how the TCEQ arrives at the monitoring frequency for bacteria.
A violations are sent straight to enforcement, "B"s must be documented twice before enforcement action is taken, and "C"s may or may not be sent to enforcement after being documented 3 times in a five year period. This document can be revised at any time.
In Domestic Wastewater Permits issued under the Texas Pollutants Discharge Elimination System (TPDES)
Rob Donofrio, Director of Microbiology, NSF International; Trent Martin, Harris County, Watershed Protection Group; Paul Jackson, Program Development Manager, NSF International, March 11, 2009. Almost every stream in Harris County is listed by the EPA as impaired due to high E. coli levels. Data shows that adding up bacteria loads from all the sources of flow into the stream did not come close to approximating the amount of bacteria that we see in the stream.