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Council adopts sanitary‑sewer code updates to align with TCEQ/TRA pretreatment changes; PFOS, PFAS and BTEX limits added
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).
Staff highlighted three principal changes for users discharging to the Fort Worth Village Creek wastewater facility: (1) prohibit trucked and hauled industrial discharges that contain detectable amounts of PFOS, (2) prohibit discharges with BTEX concentrations greater than 1 milligram per liter (mg/L), and (3) require care for PFAS‑related substances, prohibiting discharges above baseline concentrations of 25 nanograms per liter (ng/L) unless the discharger submits an approved corrective plan and implements best management practices within one year.
Staff explained that the changes are required under the renewed central regional wastewater system permit and that the city, which contracts with the City of Fort Worth and TRA for wastewater collection and treatment, must adopt matching local limits and definitions. Council voted to adopt the ordinance (7‑0).
