City of Houston v. Willow Run Public Service, Inc.

OPINION

LEVY, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment establishing a permanent injunction and assessing civil penalties against appellee with respect to violations of a permit issued under Chapter 26 of the Tex.Water Code Ann. secs. 26.001 et seq. (Vernon Supp.1986).

Willow Run Public Services, Inc. [“Willow Run”], is the owner of a sewage treatment plant located within the City of Houston, operating under a permit issued by the Texas Water Commission for the discharge of treated municipal sewage. On at least 300 occasions in the four years prior to trial, Willow Run was found to have…