Four Corner - Texas Water Development Board

and one pump station. The pump station, to be located in the vicinity of Old Richmond
Road will collect all wastewater flows from the Four Corners area and pump them to the
Kingsbridge MUD sanitary sewer system. The pump station will be sized to
accommodate future growth within the planning are but will initially include pumping
equipment necessary to serve the 350 connections. The two lift stations, one located on
Boss-Gaston Road and the other on Old Richmond Road near Dora Lane, are necessary
to lift flows into the shallow gravity sanitary sewer thus eliminating the need to construct
deep trunk gravity sewers (>20 feet) along Old Richmond Road and Boss-Gaston Road.
6.4 PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS
Construction and operation of a wastewater treatment facility requires the acquisition of a
wastewater discharge permit from the Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination Program.
This program created in 1998 consolidates the previous permitting requirements of the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Texas Natural Resource Conservation
Commission (TNRCC) under a single permitting process administered by the TNRCC.
The permitting process generally consists of submittal of wastewater permit applications
with engineering analysis, agency staff review, public notice, public hearing, review by a
hearing examiner, and ultimate issuance of a discharge permit. The time and effort
involved in this process is not predictable due to the potential for public input during the
permitting process. However, typically 12-18 months is required to secure a permit.
To address the issue of land subsidence due to the removal of groundwater in the greater
Houston area, groundwater supply plants must secure water well permits. For wells
constructed in Fort Bend County, a water well permit application must be submitted and
approved by the Fort Bend Subsidence District. If approved by the District, a permit will
be issued with an annual limit on the amount of groundwater permitted for withdrawal by
the permit holder. Historically, no significant problems have been encountered in
acquisition of water well permits in Fort Bend County.
Four Corners Area Water and Wastewater Facilities Planning Study
FINAL REPORT
Revised 2/10/99
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