Converse, TX Environmental Rules: Stormwater Management (2026)

It shall be a violation of this chapter for any person to deposit, throw, drain, discharge, cause or allow to be deposited, thrown, drained or discharged, or otherwise cause to be injected into the MS4, or any storm sewer manhole, catch basin, private drain, ditch, street, gutter, creek, stream, tributary, or any other drainage device which connects with or drains into the MS4, any of the following described materials or substances within the corporate limits of the city:

a. Any acid waste materials;

b. Any alkaline waste materials;

c. Any animal waste;

d. Any pressure washing waste;

e. Any animal processing waste;

f. Any livestock waste;

g. Any water or waste containing free-floating, or insoluble oil;

h. Any gasoline, naphtha, fuel oil, mineral oil or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas;

i. Any noxious, malodorous, poisonous, or reactive substance which, either singularly or by interaction with other substances, or by its accumulation in the municipal separate storm sewer system becomes injurious or potentially injurious to human, plant or animal life, or property; or

j. Any domestic wastewater or industrial wastewater as defined by TECQ.

k. It shall be a defense to prosecution under this section that such person was authorized to commit any act under a valid permit from the TECQ or the US EPA, which would otherwise constitute a violation at the time of commission.

(2) Placing brush cuttings, clippings, and/or rubbish into the MS4.

a.