A TCEQ 210E authorization in 10 weeks let a 1.0 MGD mixed-use development in San Marcos bypass a discharge permit and its hearings.
1.0 MGD zero-discharge reuse for a mixed-use development
Where we work
Water and wastewater engineering in Georgetown, Texas
Water and wastewater engineering in Georgetown, TX. MES designs utilities, site civil plans and Edwards Aquifer WPAPs for city and TCEQ review.
What we do in Texas
What MES does in Georgetown
MES provides water and wastewater engineering and site civil design for projects in Georgetown and Williamson County. We work for developers, utilities, municipalities and engineering firms.
The work runs from site layout, grading and drainage to water and sewer lines, fire flow checks and detention. Where a site cannot get sewer service, MES looks at on-site treatment and reuse.
How permitting and review work in Georgetown
Georgetown runs its own utilities. Georgetown Utility Systems provides water, wastewater and electric service. Its water service area covers about 440 square miles, well past the city limits.
Development follows the city's Unified Development Code. A project may need a rezoning, a plat and a site development plan, each reviewed by the city. Public water lines must also meet TCEQ rules.
Part of Georgetown sits over the Edwards Aquifer recharge zone. There, a regulated activity needs an Edwards Aquifer protection plan, such as a water pollution abatement plan (WPAP), approved by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) under 30 TAC Chapter 213.
Work nearby
In Georgetown, MES took a 9-acre mini-warehouse site through rezoning and into plat and site development permit review. The work covered fire flow, detention, drainage models and the TCEQ WPAP requirements.
MES also completed civil site plans for a drive-up water kiosk site in Georgetown.
In Taylor, also in Williamson County, MES secured TCEQ 210E reuse authorizations for an industrial site and a business park after the county denied septic permits.
Common questions
Does my Georgetown site need a WPAP?
If the site is over the Edwards Aquifer recharge zone and the work is a regulated activity, yes. TCEQ must approve the plan before the activity starts. MES checks the zone early so the plan does not hold up the schedule.
What if the county denies a septic permit?
A TCEQ 210E reuse authorization may work. MES used this path for both Taylor sites. Each treats its wastewater and reuses it on site, with nothing discharged off site.
Projects
Work in Texas.
A 2.0 MGD 210E reuse authorization in 4 weeks, about 23 months faster than a discharge permit.
2.0 MGD wastewater reuse authorization for a mixed-use development
A TCEQ 210E reuse authorization, approved within 6 weeks of submission, let an industrial site in Taylor, Texas, start operations on schedule after the county denied septic.
Industrial zero-discharge reuse in Taylor, TX, approved within 6 weeks of submission
A TCEQ 210E reuse authorization in 4 weeks kept a Taylor, Texas, business park on schedule after the county denied septic.
Business park reuse after a county septic denial in Taylor, TX
Four miles of waterline moved clear of TxDOT IH-20 work while Bitter Creek customers kept water service.
Bitter Creek Water Supply IH-20 waterline relocation
MES delivered the grading and drainage plans for a new single-family home in Texas, from the topographic survey to the final set.
Grading and drainage plan for a new single-family home in Texas
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