Penitas WWTP
Laredo, TX · Webb County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 0.05 MGD
- Design flow
- 0.07 MGD
- NPDES permit
- TX0131776
- Administratively continued
- Permit expires
- November 2025
- Population served
- —
- CWNS 2022
Penitas WWTP is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Laredo, Webb County, Texas treating an average of 0.05 million gallons per day against a permitted design capacity of 0.07 MGD. Treatment on site includes clarifiers, uncovered lagoons. It discharges under NPDES permit TX0131776 (administratively continued), which expires in November 2025, with 2 recorded violations in the last three years.
Treatment technology
Treatment structures identified at this facility. Exact unit counts are available in Klarifi.
Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 2
- Effluent violations
- 2
Based on NPDES Discharge Monitoring Reports. Full violation history, parameters and discharge data available in the Klarifi platform.
Capital improvement projects in Laredo
Laredo's capital improvement plan lists 74 water, sewer and wastewater line items worth $846M starting 2025–2029. The largest budgeted items are shown here.
All water and sewer capital projects in Laredo →
| Project | Budget | Years |
|---|---|---|
| South Laredo WWTP exp to 24 mgd | $138,000,000 | 2027–2028 |
| NLWWTP 3 MGD Expansion-District 6 | $74,750,000 | 2027–2029 |
| Zacate Creek WWTP Reconstruction | $44,300,000 | 2027–2029 |
| Expansion of North Laredo WWTP | $44,300,000 | 2027–2029 |
| Manadas Expansion to 9.5 MGD | $43,500,000 | 2027–2028 |
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
2 verified contacts for Penitas WWTP, with validated emails and direct phone numbers.
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Names, validated emails and direct phone numbers for decision-makers at Penitas WWTP, plus the full compliance history and discharge data.
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Laredo · 11 mi away
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Laredo · 18 mi away
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Zapata · 46 mi away
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Hebbronville · 55 mi away
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Penitas 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 April 11, 2025.