THE PAPER TRAIL · Reviewed permit records

TCEQ · Southwest wastewater treatment plant

Read the permit record.
Keep the context.

Issued and historical permits, agency reviews, application records and public notices—presented with their source dates, qualifications and approved privacy treatment.

33approved selections417distinct source pages40documented exclusions

Read each version on its own terms. Applicant requests, draft recommendations and issued requirements are different records. They do not by themselves establish current compliance, successful service or present facility conditions.

All 688 pages were reviewed. The 40 listed exclusions and 231 pages in three private reference sets remain outside this selection. Read why the 40 pages were excluded.

Connections to the site’s other records

Source-page numbers below refer to this 688-page production. Other productions and selected PDFs use their own pagination. Follow each source’s date and page label.

City ownership and operating responsibilities

Read the application’s historical owner and operator fields and the supplied agreement beside the City budget and the later TCEQ order. These records use different dates and descriptions; they do not establish a later title transfer or the present status of the agreement.

Issued requirements, historical terms and later results

Compare the 2018 and March 2026 terms with the existing Southwest excerpt and the separate City Southside permit. EPA monitoring results and the September 2026 order concern identified reporting periods; requirements, reported results and settled allegations are different evidence. The issued record’s 94%/98% WET discrepancy remains visible.

Application evidence, draft review and monitoring context

The application, models, sampling-waiver correspondence, maps and photographs explain what was submitted and reviewed. Compare them with the issued terms and separately dated monitoring records. An application-sampling waiver is not a waiver of routine permit monitoring; models, applicant estimates and source captions do not establish measured performance or current conditions.

Comments, agency responses and the notice process

Read comments alongside the agency’s response and distinguish submission, screening, notice instructions, publication records and final action. Paired language versions and correction correspondence remain distinct. Routing sheets, blank forms and returned-mail records do not by themselves resolve delivery or procedural sufficiency.

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TCEQ-WW05Permit and decisionsApproved copy

Southwest plant issued permit and action notice

Permit issued March 20, 2026, with the March 27 action notice, as contained in the agency production. The issued-permit WET heading on source 62 says 94%, while its rows/footnote and printed page 20 use 98%. Preserve both; do not silently select one value. Requirements are not measured performance.

Agency production pages 5–6, 60–99

PLAN-APermit and decisionsApproved copy

2018 historical permit

Historical 2018 permit from the agency production. Its conductivity table states three samples per week; the 2026 issued table states one per week. Other parameters require separate comparison. Permit terms are not measured discharge results.

Agency production pages 100–139

TCEQ-WW02Application and supporting recordsApproved copy

Southwest plant ownership and operating roles

Selected application records describing ownership and operating roles at the Southwest plant. Historical application statements; do not assert current ownership, current contract status or equivalence of all registry names/addresses.

Agency production pages 321–328, 380, 388–389

TCEQ-WW04Notices and public processApproved copy

Southwest plant response to public comments

Agency response to public comments and associated filing records from the permit file. Attribute conclusions to the agency response; distinguish comment allegations, agency answers and independently established facts.

Agency production pages 26–33

TCEQ-WW06Notices and public processApproved copy

Southwest plant Spanish-language notice correspondence

Selected correspondence concerning Spanish-language notice preparation and publication. Correspondence does not establish translation equivalence or full notice compliance; later reviewed English/Spanish wording differs.

Agency production pages 34–38, 43–46, 50–52

TCEQ-WW07Technical reviewApproved copy

Southwest plant draft-permit fact sheet and review letters

May 15, 2025 draft-permit fact sheet, supporting appendices and selected review letters. Draft-stage record. Ammonia, phosphorus, WET, order-status, exceedance-period and TDS discrepancies remain unresolved. EPA receipt/approval is not established by its cover.

Agency production pages 226–268

TCEQ-WW08Technical reviewApproved copy

Southwest plant technical review and modeling revisions

Selected agency technical-review memoranda, modeling revisions and related correspondence. Distinguish proposed/modeling values from final permit terms and observed conditions. Native email attachment identity remains unestablished.

Agency production pages 275–286, 288–289, 292–300

PLAN-BTechnical reviewApproved copy

Application-sampling waiver correspondence

Application-sampling waiver request and agency correspondence. The grant covers two Table 2 metals samples and one Table 3 organics sample. This is not a waiver of routine permit monitoring; inconsistent table notes and sampling dates elsewhere remain unresolved.

Agency production pages 680–682

PLAN-CApplication and supporting recordsApproved copy

Application maps and flow schematic

Application maps and flow schematic, as produced by the agency. Drawing dates, estimates and source qualifications remain part of the record; these documents do not independently establish current or as-built conditions.

Agency production pages 452, 454, 456, 459, 688

PLAN-DApplication and supporting recordsApproved copy

Applicant chemical-use summaries and laboratory assignments

Applicant chemical-use summaries and laboratory assignments submitted with the application. These are qualified applicant estimates and assignments, not measured effluent results or verification of current use, accreditation or chain of custody.

Agency production pages 675–676, 678

PLAN-ENotices and public processApproved copy

Paired English and Spanish application notices

Paired English and Spanish application notices. The descriptions differ in detail, including monitoring reductions and flow. They are presented as distinct source versions without a finding of translation equivalence or publication.

Agency production pages 198–203

PLAN-FApplication and supporting recordsApproved copy

Historical operating/permitting agreement and schedule

Historical operating/permitting agreement and payment schedule from the application file. Document labels, term, fax, receipt and schedule dates remain distinct; this record does not establish current contract status or payment.

Agency production pages 463–469

PLAN-GPermit and decisionsApproved copy

Decision notices

Paired decision notices and response-to-comments access sheets from the permit file. These historical procedural notices distinguish the decision from authorization to construct or operate. They are not current deadline guidance.

Agency production pages 17–24

PLAN-HNotices and public processApproved copy

Preliminary notices

English and Spanish preliminary notices describing the proposed amendment and draft review. Their wording differs, and requested changes are not necessarily final permit terms. No certified language equivalence or delivery finding is made.

Agency production pages 154–159

PLAN-INotices and public processApproved copy

Completeness and instructions

Administrative-completeness declaration and historical publication instructions. The declaration records May 1, 2023 receipt and August 1 completeness; a July 24 date elsewhere remains a record variation. Screening and instructions do not prove substantive approval or completion of notice.

Agency production pages 209–214

PLAN-JApplication and supporting recordsApproved copy

Public-involvement screening

Applicant public-involvement screening form, including its conditional instructions and blank continuations. Responses are applicant statements; blank later sections do not establish that no notice, meeting or outreach occurred.

Agency production pages 408–411

PLAN-KApplication and supporting recordsApproved copy

Technical application

Technical application report in agency production order, with its tables, footnotes and pagination gaps. Treatment and sampling statements remain applicant-supplied; differing sample windows and one-sample/two-sample notes remain unresolved. These are not independent compliance findings.

Agency production pages 413–449

PLAN-LApplication and supporting recordsApproved copy

Captioned photographs

Captioned facility and receiving-water photographs with their attachment dividers. Captions are source assertions; receipt stamps do not establish photograph dates. Visible foam does not establish its chemical identity, cause or compliance significance.

Agency production pages 470–471, 686–687

PLAN-MApplication and supporting recordsApproved copy

Administrative application

Administrative application with its certifications, summaries and template context. Apparent signature/notary date differences remain visible. Applicant requests do not establish which reductions were granted; the fictional example is not facility evidence.

Agency production pages 381–401

PLAN-NApplication and supporting recordsApproved copy

Operator core-data form

Historical operator core-data form and divider. Printed roles, identifiers and dates are preserved as applicant-supplied information, without verification of current ownership, registry accuracy or operations.

Agency production pages 402–405

PLAN-OApplication and supporting recordsApproved copy

SPIF and adjacent maps

Supplemental permit information form and adjacent maps. Form and map receipt markings, figure references and placeholders remain distinct. Related maps and photographs appear in PLAN-C and PLAN-L; those links do not prove separate submission or distribution.

Agency production pages 355–358

PLAN-PNotices and public processApproved copy

Publication corrections

July 2025 publication-correction correspondence and associated affidavit forms. The agency requested correction of an alternative-language affidavit on an Air form. Replies, repeated emails and notarization dates are not separate publication events or proof that every requirement was satisfied.

Agency production pages 141–147

PLAN-QNotices and public processApproved copy

Draft-notice instructions

Draft-stage transmittal and complete notice-of-application/preliminary-decision instructions. These historical directions concern a preliminary decision and do not establish final permit terms or completion of publication and service.

Agency production pages 149–153

PLAN-RPermit and decisionsApproved copy

Spanish action notice

Spanish action notice describing executive-director action effective March 20, 2026. It complements the English notice in WW05; its procedural wording is historical, without a certified translation, delivery or current-deadline finding.

Agency production pages 7–8

PLAN-SNotices and public processApproved copy

File control, routing variants, transmittal and public comment

File-control and routing sheets, March 27, 2026 transmittal and a public comment. Administrative dates and the transmittal’s wording remain as recorded. The commenter’s allegations are attributed statements, not independently established discharge or causation findings.

Agency production pages 1–4, 11, 13

PLAN-TNotices and public processApproved copy

June–July 2025 publication records and verification

June–July 2025 notices, publication records and verification forms. Earlier and corrected versions remain distinct. An Air-permitting form heading, an undated verification field and conditional pages are retained without a legal-sufficiency conclusion; see PLAN-P for correction correspondence.

Agency production pages 40–42, 53–59, 140

PLAN-UNotices and public processApproved copy

Notice routing and February 2024 notice record

Notice-routing records and February 2024 notice material. Email status, attachment lists and mailing notations show routing context, without establishing delivery or completion of every notice requirement.

Agency production pages 169–176

PLAN-VNotices and public processApproved copy

August 2023 publication variants and submission emails

August 2023 publication variants and submission emails in source order. Color and monochrome variants are not separate publication events. Blank or faint date fields, place entered in a language field and handwritten identifier differences remain unresolved.

Agency production pages 179–193, 207–208

PLAN-YApplication and supporting recordsApproved copy

Registry, location and plain-language summary variants

Historical registry, location and plain-language summary variants. Registry labels, recorded dates and printed page order are preserved. The materials do not establish current library hours, registry accuracy or equivalence of differently named facilities.

Agency production pages 359–363, 365–366, 368–369