Robert T. Savely Water Reclamation Facility
14210 Middlebrook Drive, Houston, TX 77058 · Harris County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 9 MGD
- Design flow
- 10 MGD
- NPDES permit
- TX0022543
- Effective
- Permit expires
- August 2031
- Population served
- 64,126
- CWNS 2022
Robert T. Savely Water Reclamation Facility is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Houston, Harris County, Texas treating an average of 9 million gallons per day against a permitted design capacity of 10 MGD, serving about 64,126 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit TX0022543 (effective), which expires in August 2031, with 6 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 2 formal enforcement actions naming the plant, the latest in August 2016.
Treatment technology
One treatment structure or unit process identified at Robert T. Savely Water Reclamation Facility.
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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 6
- Effluent violations
- 6
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 Robert T. Savely Water Reclamation Facility in EPA's ICIS system.
- Formal actions
- 2
- 0 since FY2020
- Compliance actions
- $10,000
- required by EPA orders
- EPA inspections
- 1
- latest Feb 2026
Latest case · Aug 2016
Clear Lake City Water Authority
Administrative order · CWA, NPDES Permit Violations · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication · Compliance actions $10,000
EPA's description of the case:
“Respondent, the Clear Lake City Water Authority operates a Wastwater Treatment Plant in Harris County, Texas. The administative order is issued for effluent violations.”
Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 06-2015-1739.
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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.
All water and sewer capital projects in Houston →
| 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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Robert T. Savely 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 May 29, 2025.
Wastewater terms: POTW · MGD · NPDES permit · Inflow and infiltration · Sludge dewatering · Biological nutrient removal · all terms