Whitecap WWTP
13409 Whitecap Blvd At The W, Corpus Christi, TX 78418 · Nueces County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 1.35 MGD
- Design flow
- —
- NPDES permit
- TXR05AZ20
- Administratively continued
- Permit expires
- August 2026
- Population served
- 11,459
- CWNS 2022
Whitecap WWTP is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas treating an average of 1.35 million gallons per day, serving about 11,459 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit TXR05AZ20 (administratively continued), which expires in August 2026, with 3 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 2 formal enforcement actions naming the plant, the latest in September 2025.
Treatment technology
One treatment structure or unit process identified at Whitecap WWTP.
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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 3
- Effluent violations
- 3
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 Whitecap WWTP in EPA's ICIS system.
- Formal actions
- 2
- 0 since FY2020
- Penalties assessed
- $1.1M
- all cases
- Compliance actions
- $800M
- required by EPA orders
- EPA inspections
- 0
- none on record
Latest case · Sep 2025
Corpus Christi, City of
Judicial case · CWA, NPDES Permit Violations · Final Order With Penalty · Penalty $1.1M · Compliance actions $800M · The case also names 3 other plants, and its amounts cover all of them
EPA's description of the case:
“Consent decree issued for violations of permit effluent limits and SSOs”
Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 06-2011-1897.
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Capital improvement projects in Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi's capital improvement plan lists 110 water, sewer and wastewater line items worth $3.4B starting 2025–2034. The largest budgeted items are shown here.
All water and sewer capital projects in Corpus Christi →
| Project | Budget | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Seawater Desalination (Inner Harbor Plant) | $641,138,000 | 2025–2027 |
| City-Wide Wastewater ID/IQ | $221,650,000 | 2025–2034 |
| City-Wide Water Line Repair/Replacement - Large Diameter | $160,350,000 | 2025–2034 |
| City-Wide Water Line Repair/Replacement - Small Diameter | $159,750,000 | 2025–2034 |
| City-Wide Collection Capacity Remediation | $107,900,000 | 2025–2033 |
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Key contacts
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Whitecap 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 March 15, 2025.
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