Galveston County Wcid 8
11628 11th St, Santa Fe, TX 77510 · Galveston County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 2.02 MGD
- Design flow
- 1.5 MGD
- NPDES permit
- TX0023671
- Effective
- Permit expires
- January 2027
- Population served
- 5,325
- CWNS 2022
Galveston County Wcid 8 is a publicly owned wastewater treatment plant in Santa Fe, Galveston County, Texas treating an average of 2.02 million gallons per day against a permitted design capacity of 1.5 MGD, serving about 5,325 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit TX0023671 (effective), which expires in January 2027, with 12 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 1 formal enforcement action naming the plant, the latest in September 2017.
Treatment technology
One treatment structure or unit process identified at Galveston County Wcid 8.
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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 12
- Effluent violations
- 0
Based on NPDES Discharge Monitoring Reports. Full violation history, parameters and discharge data available in the Klarifi platform.
EPA enforcement history
Federal civil enforcement cases, compliance inspections and informal actions recorded for Galveston County Wcid 8 in EPA's ICIS system.
- Formal actions
- 1
- 0 since FY2020
- Compliance actions
- $3,000
- required by EPA orders
- EPA inspections
- 0
- none on record
Latest case · Sep 2017
Galveston County Water Control and Improvement District No.8
Administrative order · CWA, NPDES Permit Violations · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication · Compliance actions $3,000
EPA's description of the case:
“The Administrative Order 06-2017-1738 was issued to Galveston County Water Control and Improvement District No, 8 addressing permit violations for failure to meet permit limits.”
Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 06-2017-1738.
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Galveston County Wcid 8: 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 October 26, 2026; facility record last updated May 29, 2025.
Wastewater terms: POTW · MGD · NPDES permit · Inflow and infiltration · Tertiary treatment · Significant industrial user · all terms