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Houston
Department of Health and Human Services > Environmental
Health > Water Quality Control
Water
Quality Control - Bureau of Public Health Engineering (BPHE)
BPHE enforces federal, state
and local water pollution regulations and codes, the City swimming
pool ordinance, waste transport vehicle permit ordinance and
general sanitation ordinance. It monitors water quality at Lake
Houston and in bayous and
streams throughout the City and the Lake Houston watersheds.
It responds to citizen complaints concerning water quality and
the illegal dumping of drums, oil, liquid and solid waste. In
addition, BPHE inspects grease traps, pools, spas, hazardous
waste sites, superfund sites, landfills, illegal dumpsites and
wastewater treatment plants.
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