John Hargrove Water Reclamation Facility
0.25Mi E & 1Mi N Of Intx Cr, Pearland, TX 77581 · Brazoria County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 5.2 MGD
- Design flow
- 6 MGD
- NPDES permit
- TX0116581
- Effective
- Permit expires
- June 2029
- Population served
- 17,363
- CWNS 2022
John Hargrove Water Reclamation Facility is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Pearland, Brazoria County, Texas treating an average of 5.2 million gallons per day against a permitted design capacity of 6 MGD, serving about 17,363 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit TX0116581 (effective), which expires in June 2029, with 74 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 1 formal enforcement action naming the plant, the latest in January 2024.
Treatment technology
One treatment structure or unit process identified at John Hargrove Water Reclamation Facility.
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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 74
- Effluent violations
- 73
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 John Hargrove Water Reclamation Facility in EPA's ICIS system.
- Formal actions
- 1
- 1 since FY2020
- Compliance actions
- $20,000
- required by EPA orders
- EPA inspections
- 0
- none on record
Latest case · Jan 2024
Pearland - Administrative Order
Administrative order · CWA, NPDES Permit Violations · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication · Compliance actions $20,000
EPA's description of the case:
“On December 19, 2022, EPA Region 6 issued an Administrative Order (AO) under its authority pursuant to Section 309 of the Clean Water Act to City of Pearland. The AO was issued in response to…”
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Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 06-2023-1707.
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Every action against John Hargrove Water Reclamation Facility with dates, milestones, violation types and EPA's complete case summaries, plus inspections and informal actions.
Capital improvement projects in Pearland
Pearland's capital improvement plan lists 80 water, sewer and wastewater line items worth $136M starting 2025–2029. The largest budgeted items are shown here.
All water and sewer capital projects in Pearland →
| Project | Budget | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Barry Rose Gravity Sewer - Plum from Galveston to Barry Rose WRF | $9,780,000 | 2025–2025 |
| Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation - Longwood Service Area (LW-03) | $8,011,100 | 2025–2025 |
| FM 518 Utility Relocations Phase 2 (Old Chocolate Bayou to McLean) | $6,800,000 | 2026–2026 |
| FM 518 Utility Relocations - SH288 to Old Chocolate Bayou | $6,745,000 | 2025–2025 |
| FM 518 Wastewater Utility Relocations - SH288 to Old Chocolate Bayou | $6,550,000 | 2025–2025 |
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Key contacts
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John Hargrove Water Reclamation Facility: 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 28, 2026.
Wastewater terms: POTW · MGD · NPDES permit · Inflow and infiltration · Activated sludge · Oxidation ditch · all terms