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TCEQ updates multiple general permits: aquaculture, hydrostatic test water, evaporation ponds, water‑treatment plant

3192607 · May 5, 2025
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Staff presented proposed renewals or amendments for several state and federal general permits governing aquaculture, hydrostatic test discharges, evaporation ponds and conventional water‑treatment plant discharges, including a dechlorination requirement for some water‑treatment discharges.

TCEQ staff summarized recent and proposed changes to multiple general permits that affect aquaculture, hydrostatic testing, evaporation ponds and conventional water‑treatment plant discharges.

Shannon Gibson, technical specialist with the Water Quality Division, said TCEQ is proposing to renew and amend the aquaculture general permit (TXG‑130000), including changes that clarify allowable oyster mariculture systems, expand the wastewater definition to include wash‑down and processing water, and exempt certain facility…

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