Harris County Mud 196 WWTP
16915 Sonoma Del Norte Dr, Houston, TX 77002 · Harris County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 0.61 MGD
- Design flow
- 1.4 MGD
- NPDES permit
- TX0088838
- Administratively continued
- Permit expires
- August 2026
- Population served
- 5,500
- CWNS 2022
Harris County Mud 196 WWTP is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Houston, Harris County, Texas treating an average of 0.61 million gallons per day against a permitted design capacity of 1.4 MGD, serving about 5,500 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit TX0088838 (administratively continued), which expires in August 2026, with 43 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 1 formal enforcement action naming the plant, the latest in June 2025.
Treatment technology
Treatment structures and unit processes at Harris County Mud 196 WWTP.
Treatment structure data not yet analyzed for this facility.
Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 43
- Effluent violations
- 43
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 Harris County Mud 196 WWTP in EPA's ICIS system.
- Formal actions
- 1
- 1 since FY2020
- EPA inspections
- 0
- none on record
Latest case · Jun 2025
Harris County MUD 196 WWTF
Administrative order · CWA, NPDES Permit Violations · Final Order No Penalty
EPA's description of the case:
“On June 06, 2025, EPA Region 6 issued an Administrative Order (AO) under its authority pursuant to Section 309 of the Clean Water Act to Harris County MUD 196 (TX0088838). The AO was issued in…”
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Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 06-2025-1757.
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Every action against Harris County Mud 196 WWTP with dates, milestones, violation types and EPA's complete case summaries, plus inspections and informal actions.
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
Decision-makers at Harris County Mud 196 WWTP.
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Harris County Mud 196 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 October 26, 2026; facility record last updated September 14, 2026.
Wastewater terms: POTW · MGD · NPDES permit · Inflow and infiltration · Biological nutrient removal · Tertiary treatment · all terms