Metro Central WWTP
1.6Mi E-NE Intx Fm 1959/Ih 45, Houston, TX 77087 · Harris County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 2.36 MGD
- Design flow
- 5 MGD
- NPDES permit
- TX0069736
- Effective
- Permit expires
- March 2027
- Population served
- 27,664
- CWNS 2022
Metro Central WWTP is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Houston, Harris County, Texas treating an average of 2.36 million gallons per day against a permitted design capacity of 5 MGD, serving about 27,664 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit TX0069736 (effective), which expires in March 2027, with 11 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 2 formal enforcement actions naming the plant, the latest in April 2021.
Treatment technology
One treatment structure or unit process identified at Metro Central WWTP.
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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 11
- Effluent violations
- 11
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 Metro Central WWTP in EPA's ICIS system.
- Formal actions
- 2
- 0 since FY2020
- Penalties assessed
- $4.4M
- all cases
- Compliance actions
- $2,000M
- required by EPA orders
- EPA inspections
- 0
- none on record
Latest case · Apr 2021
Houston, City of
Administrative order · CWA, NPDES Permit Violations · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication · The case also names 7 other plants, and its amounts cover all of them
EPA's description of the case:
“**VIOLATIONS: 1) Discharging pollutants from its facilities that exceeded permitted effluent limitations; and 2) Incomplete or no NCRs. **RELIEF SOUGHT: a) Within 30 days, submit the required NCRs;…”
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Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 06-2002-1873.
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Every action against Metro Central 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 |
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Key contacts
41 verified contacts for Metro Central WWTP, with validated emails and direct phone numbers.
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Webster · 5 mi away
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Nassau Bay · 6 mi away
1.08 MGD
Houston · 6 mi away
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Metro Central 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 May 27, 2025.
Wastewater terms: POTW · MGD · NPDES permit · Inflow and infiltration · Significant industrial user · WWTP · all terms