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Council adopts sanitary‑sewer code updates to align with TCEQ/TRA pretreatment changes; PFOS, PFAS and BTEX limits added

North Richland Hills City Council · October 27, 2025
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Summary

Council approved ordinance 3934 to update local pretreatment code and definitions in line with Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and Trinity River Authority requirements. Key changes include prohibiting trucked/hauled discharges with detectable PFOS, capping BTEX at 1 mg/L, and restricting PFAS discharges above baseline (25 ng/L) absent a corrective plan.

Kenneth (speaker 7) presented ordinance 3934, which amends Chapter 78 (sanitary sewer) to align the city’s pretreatment program and definitions with recent regional and state permit updates by the Trinity River Authority (TRA) and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ).

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