West Orange WWTP
N Side Western Ave In West Orange, West Orange, TX 77630 · Orange County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 1.15 MGD
- Design flow
- 1.22 MGD
- NPDES permit
- TX0054810
- Effective
- Permit expires
- March 2027
- Population served
- 4,862
- CWNS 2022
West Orange WWTP is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in West Orange, Orange County, Texas treating an average of 1.15 million gallons per day against a permitted design capacity of 1.22 MGD, serving about 4,862 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit TX0054810 (effective), which expires in March 2027, with 71 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 2 formal enforcement actions naming the plant, the latest in March 2023.
Treatment technology
3 treatment structures and unit processes identified at West Orange WWTP.
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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 71
- Effluent violations
- 71
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 West Orange WWTP in EPA's ICIS system.
- Formal actions
- 2
- 1 since FY2020
- Compliance actions
- $45,000
- required by EPA orders
- EPA inspections
- 0
- none on record
Latest case · Mar 2023
Orange Co. WCID No. 2
Administrative order · CWA, NPDES Permit Violations · Final Order Issued · Compliance actions $35,000
EPA's description of the case:
“On March 29, 2023, EPA Region 6 issued an Administrative Order (AO) under its authority pursuant to Section 309 of the Clean Water Act to Orange County Water Control & Improvement District No. 2. The…”
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Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 06-2023-1737.
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Every action against West Orange WWTP with dates, milestones, violation types and EPA's complete case summaries, plus inspections and informal actions.
Key contacts
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West Orange 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 September 11, 2026.
Wastewater terms: POTW · MGD · NPDES permit · Inflow and infiltration · Tertiary treatment · Significant industrial user · all terms