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Contacts for Texas
Septic Systems
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James McCaine
Engineering Specialist
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
PO Box 13087
(MC-148)
Austin, TX 78711-3087
Phone: (512) 239-2150
Fax: (512) 239-6390
Email: jmccaine@tecq.state.tx.us
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Joseph Strouse
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
PO Box 13087
(MC-148)
Austin, TX 78711-3087
Phone: (512) 239-6003
Fax: (512) 239-6390
Email: jstrouse@tceq.state.tx.us
Links for Texas
Funding Sources 
State and Tribal Programs
- Texas On-Site Sewage Facility (Septic Tank) Program - Responsible for developing rules, training, permitting, enforcing, and licensing individuals who construct, install, alter, repair, or extend septic systems or inspect septic systems for permitting purposes. The program also authorizes local governmental entities to run a septic system program at the local level.
Training Centers
Demonstration Projects for Texas
- Title: Texas, Lower Rio Grande Valley: Self Help for Colonias, Texas
Description: This project seeks to build a minimum of 3 to 30 home demonstration cluster treatment systems in the six counties of the Lower Rio Grande Valley. The project will demonstrate wastewater treatment implementation at a cost savings of at least 40 percent using self-help methodologies that can serve as model for other colonias. This project will create capacity and advocacy among all stakeholders for cluster treatment and reuse for colonias and non-colonias. It will also demonstrate innovative technologies for reuse of the treated wastewater.
Contact: The Rensselaerville Institute
(518) 797-3783