# HARRIS COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 50
> **Judicial** · FY1997 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `37692`
- **Case Number:** 06-1997-0867
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $5K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- HARRIS COUNTY MUD NO. 50 (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 309 OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C.        SECTION 1319.                                             2. HARRIS COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 50              P.O. BOX 3529                                                CROSBY, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS 77532                        3. HCMUD SERVES A SMALL MINORITY COMMUNITY THAT HAS DEVELOP-    ED NORTHEAT OF HOUSTON NEAR THE TOWN OF CROSBY, TX. THE      AREA SERVED HAS A POPULATION OF AROUND 2500 PEOPLE. THE      DISTRICT IS GOVERNED BY A FIVE MEMBER BOARD OF DIRECTORS     INCLUDING THE PRESIDENT. THE DIRECTORS MAKE DECISIONS RE-    GARDING HIRING CONSULTANT FIRMS AND PLANT OPERATORS AND      REGARDING FUNDING OF PROJECTS TO IMPLEMENT COMPLIANCE.       THEY WORK FROM A SMALL, YET ADEQUATE, TAX BASE AND WITH A    LIMITED BUDGET.                                              THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT CONSISTS OF A HEADWORKS       WITH GRIT REMOVAL, A  RACE TRACK  TYPE OF ACTIVATED          SLUDGE SECONDARY TREATMENT UNIT, TWO CLARIFIERS AND A        CHLORINATION UNIT. THE COLLECTION SYSTEM HAS APPROXIMATE-    LY 52,000 LINEAR FEET OF LINE. THE SYSTEM IS SERVED BY A     LIFT STATION THAT PUMPS THE SEWAGE TO THE PLANT.

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