TCEQ wastewater enforcement orders, near your office
94 Texas wastewater plants have a formal enforcement order dated since Jul 1, 2026 in EPA ECHO; 92 of them are state-led. Type your office ZIP to see the ones near you.
What an ECHO "State CWA Penalty AO" is
ECHO is EPA's enforcement database. When TCEQ settles a wastewater permit case, the agreed order shows up on the plant's ECHO facility report as a formal action with its date, lead agency and the penalty listed.
Example: the City of Van Alstyne's ECHO order of Oct 14, 2026 is TCEQ Agreed Order docket 2024-1504-MWD-E, on the TCEQ Commission agenda of Oct 7, 2026 (item 41).
Texas since Jul 1, 2026
- 94 plants with a formal order, 96 distinct orders; 92 plants state-led and 2 EPA-led.
- ECHO extract of Oct 30, 2026. Orders reach ECHO days to weeks after their date.
- School package plants and non-utility permits (rest areas, landfills, state agencies) are removed.
Rows from the Dallas sample
- 46 mi
VAN ALSTYNE, CITY OFTX0026883
ECHO lists a State CWA Penalty AO, penalty $249,687, state-led, dated Oct 14, 2026, for CITY OF VAN ALSTYNE WWTP (TX0026883), permittee VAN ALSTYNE, CITY OF, VAN ALSTYNE. It has 2 formal actions in the window.
$249,687Penalty listed - 44 mi
RHOME, CITY OFTX0118621
ECHO lists a State CWA Penalty AO, penalty $10,875, state-led, dated Oct 20, 2026, for WESTSIDE WWTF (TX0118621), permittee RHOME, CITY OF, RHOME.
$10,875Penalty listed - about67 mi
CHICO, CITY OFTX0023787
ECHO lists a State CWA Penalty AO, penalty $133,687, state-led, dated Oct 14, 2026, for CITY OF CHICO (TX0023787), permittee CHICO, CITY OF, CHICO.
$133,687Penalty listed
Rows from the Dallas sample (75201 + 100 mi), engine run of Nov 7, 2026. In the tool each row also shows the administrator on file in SDWIS.
What an order does not prove
- Not a current problem: an order often settles an older case. Van Alstyne's docket number dates from 2024.
- "Penalty listed" isn't "paid". ECHO doesn't show amounts collected, and part of a penalty can be offset by an environmental project.
- The contact we show is the town's water-system administrator from SDWIS, labelled as such, not the wastewater permit contact.
How often new orders appear
In the 4 complete weeks Sep 14, 2026 to Oct 11, 2026: 10 orders within 100 miles of Dallas, 12 near Houston, 3 near Austin, 5 near Tyler, 3 near San Antonio.