Harris County Mud 278 WWTP
Houston, TX · Harris County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 1.08 MGD
- Design flow
- 1.8 MGD
- NPDES permit
- TX0127124
- Effective
- Permit expires
- October 2028
- Population served
- 1,852
- CWNS 2022
Harris County Mud 278 WWTP is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Houston, Harris County, Texas treating an average of 1.08 million gallons per day against a permitted design capacity of 1.8 MGD, serving about 1,852 residents. Treatment on site includes clarifiers, uncovered lagoons, carrousels / oxidation ditches. It discharges under NPDES permit TX0127124 (effective), which expires in October 2028, with 23 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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Carrousels / oxidation ditches
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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 23
- Effluent violations
- 23
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
1 verified contact for Harris County Mud 278 WWTP, with validated emails and direct phone numbers.
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Harris County Mud 278 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 May 29, 2025.