City Council approved the payment Monday night, of the Texas Commission of Environmental Quality fee for the City's four wastewater treatment plants in the amount of $172,351.30. The water assessment fees fund a State program to assess the quality of the river basins of the State, which is in response to th Clean Water Act. Senate Bill 818 requires TCEQ to rethe cover reasonable cost of the assessment program from wastewater treatment permit holders and water rights holders. The consolidated water quality fees, assessed annually each October 31st, in accordance with Title 30, Chapter 305, Subchapter M of the Texas Administrative Code, are imposed on everyone holding a permit under Chapter 26 of the Texas Water Code.
The City is required to pay this fee to retain our wastewater discharge permits with said fees being based on the daily average flow limits and permitted parameters specified in the permits. All fees are deposited in a fund for the purpose of supplementing other funds appropriated by legislature to pay the expenses of TCEQ to administer water quality programs, consistent with the provisions of Chapter 26 of the Texas Water Code, the rules and orders of TCEQ, and the provisions of TCEQ permits governing waste discharge and water treatment facilities. The funds will come from the operating for the Fiscal Year of 2018 - 2019
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