Chocolate Bayou Wastewater Treatment Facilities
Houston, TX · Harris County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 9.94 MGD
- Design flow
- 7 MGD
- NPDES permit
- TX0063061
- Effective
- Permit expires
- September 2027
- Population served
- 35,068
- CWNS 2022
Chocolate Bayou Wastewater Treatment Facilities is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Houston, Harris County, Texas treating an average of 9.94 million gallons per day against a permitted design capacity of 7 MGD, serving about 35,068 residents. Treatment on site includes clarifiers. It discharges under NPDES permit TX0063061 (effective), which expires in September 2027, with 7 recorded violations in the last three years.
Treatment technology
Treatment structures identified at this facility. Exact unit counts are available in Klarifi.
Clarifiers
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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 7
- Effluent violations
- 7
Based on NPDES Discharge Monitoring Reports. Full violation history, parameters and discharge data available in the Klarifi platform.
Capital improvement projects in Houston
Houston's capital improvement plan lists 22 water, sewer and wastewater line items worth $1.3B starting 2025–2025. The largest budgeted items are shown here.
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| Project | Budget | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvements | $353,943,200 | 2025–2025 |
| Wastewater Treatment Plant Consolidation | $166,807,000 | 2025–2025 |
| Surface Water Transmission Program | $132,740,144 | 2025–2025 |
| Neighborhood Sewer Rehab Program | $96,000,000 | 2025–2025 |
| Pump Station Program | $87,851,600 | 2025–2025 |
Full project details — scope, funding source, engineering consultant and the decision-makers behind each project — are available in Klarifi, along with similar wastewater capital projects in other cities.
Key contacts
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Chocolate Bayou Wastewater Treatment Facilities: frequently asked questions
Sources and methodology
Flow, permit and violation figures come from the EPA's ICIS-NPDES discharge monitoring records. Population served comes from the Clean Watersheds Needs Survey 2022. Treatment structures are identified by Klarifi's review of aerial imagery, and capital improvement projects are extracted from published municipal budget documents. Violations are counted over the last three years of monitoring reports.
Data refreshed September 11, 2026; facility record last updated May 26, 2025.