Harlingen WWTP
Harlingen, TX · Cameron County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 6.61 MGD
- Design flow
- 10 MGD
- NPDES permit
- TX0047929
- Administratively continued
- Permit expires
- December 2025
- Population served
- 80,858
- CWNS 2022
Harlingen WWTP is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Harlingen, Cameron County, Texas treating an average of 6.61 million gallons per day against a permitted design capacity of 10 MGD, serving about 80,858 residents. Treatment on site includes clarifiers, uncovered lagoons, biogas silos, biogas balloons. It discharges under NPDES permit TX0047929 (administratively continued), which expires in December 2025, with 8 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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Uncovered lagoons
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Biogas silos
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Biogas balloons
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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 8
- Effluent violations
- 8
Based on NPDES Discharge Monitoring Reports. Full violation history, parameters and discharge data available in the Klarifi platform.
Capital improvement projects in Harlingen
Harlingen's capital improvement plan lists 1 water, sewer and wastewater line items worth $12M starting 2024–2024. The largest budgeted items are shown here.
| Project | Budget | Years |
|---|---|---|
| 21st Street Storm Sewer Improvements | $12,000,000 | 2024–2027 |
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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Nearby wastewater treatment plants in Texas
San Benito · 1 mi away
2.02 MGD
Rancho Viejo · 4 mi away
0.72 MGD
Rio Hondo · 6 mi away
0.14 MGD
Santa Rosa · 12 mi away
0.3 MGD
La Feria · 12 mi away
1.17 MGD
Los Fresnos · 13 mi away
1.71 MGD
Sebastian · 14 mi away
0.08 MGD
Mercedes · 16 mi away
3.23 MGD
Harlingen WWTP: 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 March 16, 2025.