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TCEQ briefs stakeholders on multiple permit renewals and wastewater design‑criteria rulemaking

Water Quality Advisory Work Group (TCEQ) · January 29, 2026
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Summary

TCEQ staff provided brief updates on the aquaculture, evaporation‑pond, conventional water‑treatment, concrete patch and pesticides general permits and on proposed revisions to 30 TAC chapter 217 (wastewater treatment design criteria), including stakeholder outreach and tentative public‑notice schedules.

Shannon Gibson and Brian Saran presented a set of general‑permit updates and a rulemaking update to the Water Quality Advisory Work Group.

Gibson summarized four permit packages: the Aquaculture General Permit (TXG‑130000), for which EPA provided draft approval on May 27, 2025 and which had a hybrid public meeting on Sept. 22 with no comments received; the Evaporation Pond General Permit (WQG‑1,000,000), which was adopted Aug. 6, 2025 and became effective Sept. 15, 2025 with a 90‑day NOI window for existing…

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