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Hollywood Road discharges begin; TCEQ opens an enforcement case
On April 24, 2022 the Hollywood Road Wastewater Reclamation Facility released about 820,000 gallons after effluent overflowed its filters, according to the City. A complaint was filed with TCEQ the same day. TCEQ's later enforcement summary lists unauthorized discharges from the plant's flow equalization basin into Playa Lake 40 from April 24 to June 9, 2022, and a 1.25 million-gallon discharge from Lift Station No. 33 on July 29, 2022.[1][2]
What the sources say
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The City reported that on Sunday, April 24, 2022, from about 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., about 820,000 gallons were released from the Hollywood Road Wastewater Reclamation Facility after effluent overflowed the filters; the water did not meet TCEQ total suspended solids requirements and may have exceeded permitted levels.[1]
- Gallons
- 820,000
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TCEQ's enforcement summary lists a complaint dated April 24, 2022 alleging the City was discharging wastewater with too-high chlorine levels, followed by investigations from April 24 to June 1, 2022, September 15, 2022, and September 2023.[2]
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TCEQ's enforcement summary lists, as an alleged violation, unauthorized discharges from the plant's flow equalization basin into the Playa Lake 40 basin from April 24 to June 9, 2022, totaling an estimated 166.83 million gallons.[2]
- Gallons estimated
- 166,830,000
- Start
- 2022-04-24
- End
- 2022-06-09
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TCEQ's summary lists as an alleged violation that the City notified local media only of the April 24, 2022 spill, not of other spills of 100,000 gallons or more between April 28 and June 9, 2022; it states the City put notification procedures and training in place by February 27, 2023.[2]
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TCEQ's summary lists an alleged discharge of about 1,250,000 gallons from Lift Station No. 33 (7945 South Osage) into a roadside drainage area on July 29, 2022.[2]
- Gallons
- 1,250,000