San Angelo sets reporting rules for data center coolant discharged into the city sewer
San Angelo adopted Ordinance 2026-076, which adds a data center subsection to the city's prohibited discharges rule. Any intentional release of treated cooling fluid into the sanitary sewer is defined as a discharge event, and sampling with laboratory verification has to be completed before each one. Records of volumes, results and dates must be kept for at least three years and handed to the Director of Water Utilities on request. Planned discharges need 72 hours written notice. Emergency discharges have to be reported within 4 hours with a written incident report inside 7 days. The council introduced the ordinance on May 19th, 2026 and adopted it on June 2nd, 2026.
How to take part
The ordinance is in force. Discharge records are held by the Director of Water Utilities and are producible on request. That makes them reachable through a Texas Public Information Act request to the City of San Angelo. The city publishes the adopted text on its data center page.
Where
1 county. In San Angelo.
Timeline
- hearing
Introduced with public hearing
- ordered
Finally adopted by City Council, reported 5 to 1
- effective
Ordinance effective date
- Today
How this decision moved
One dated line per check, oldest first. A line that says nothing changed means somebody looked and it had not.
- 2026-08-19
Checked and unchanged. The sewer and discharge ordinance approved June 2nd is still the governing action listed, and the city's page carries nothing from July or August.
- 2026-08-22
Checked and unchanged. Ordinance 2026-076 of June 2nd still amends Chapter 11 on utilities to set reporting rules for data center coolant discharged into the city sewer.
- 2026-08-26
Checked and unchanged. The reporting rules for coolant discharged into the city system still stand as adopted.
- 2026-08-29
Checked and unchanged. The reporting rules for coolant discharged into the city system still stand. What an operator has to report and how often is unchanged.
- 2026-09-02
The reporting rules for coolant discharged into the city sewer stand as adopted.
- 2026-09-05
San Angelo's reporting rules for coolant discharged into the city sewer still stand as written.
- 2026-09-08
San Angelo's reporting rules for data center coolant entering the city sewer still stand as adopted, and no variance from them has been posted.
- 2026-09-09
San Angelo's reporting rules for coolant discharged into the city system are still in force as adopted.
- 2026-09-12
San Angelo's reporting rules for coolant discharged into the city sewer are still in force exactly as adopted.
- 2026-09-13
San Angelo's reporting rules for coolant discharged into the city system are still in force as adopted.
- 2026-09-16
The reporting rules for coolant discharged into the San Angelo sewer are still in force as written. No variance or amendment has been posted.
- 2026-09-19
The reporting rules for coolant going into the city sewer are unchanged.
- 2026-09-24
The reporting rules for coolant sent into the city sewer are unconfirmed this run. The ordinance on the city's own site could not be read again.
- 2026-09-26
The reporting rules for coolant sent into the city sewer still stand in the ordinance the city posts.
- 2026-09-29
San Angelo's reporting rules for coolant sent into the city sewer still apply as written.
The evidence
Every fact above rests on one of these. The words are the source's own.
ORDINANCE 2026-076Ordinance 2026-076, Official Minute Record Volume 2026, June 2, 2026 Primary source, official · sanangelo.gov
(3) Sampling and laboratory verification of treated discharge must be completed prior to each discharge event. Records of discharge volumes, analytical results, and discharge dates must be maintained for at least three years and provided to the Director of Water Utilities upon request.Ordinance 2026-076, Exhibit A, Data Center Discharges Primary source, official · sanangelo.gov
(4) Planned discharge events require written notification to the Director of Water Utilities at least 72 hours prior to discharge.Ordinance 2026-076, Exhibit A, Data Center Discharges Primary source, official · sanangelo.gov
(5) Emergency discharge events must be reported to the Director of Water Utilities within 4 hours of occurrence, and a written incident report must be submitted within 7 days detailing the discharge volume, analytical results, and corrective actions taken.Ordinance 2026-076, Exhibit A, Data Center Discharges Primary source, official · sanangelo.gov
INTRODUCED with public hearing the 19th day of May 2026 and finally ADOPTED this 2nd day of June 2026.Ordinance 2026-076, Official Minute Record Volume 2026, June 2, 2026 Primary source, official · sanangelo.gov
Approved 5-1 at the June 2, 2026 City Council meeting.Data Center Information, City of San Angelo Primary source, official · sanangelo.gov
Questions about this decision
Answered from the record itself. Every answer is assembled from stored fields, so an answer the record has no basis for is left out rather than guessed.
What is this decision?
San Angelo adopted Ordinance 2026-076, which adds a data center subsection to the city's prohibited discharges rule. Any intentional release of treated cooling fluid into the sanitary sewer is defined as a discharge event, and sampling with laboratory verification has to be completed before each one. Records of volumes, results and dates must be kept for at least three years and handed to the Director of Water Utilities on request. Planned discharges need 72 hours written notice. Emergency discharges have to be reported within 4 hours with a written incident report inside 7 days. The council introduced the ordinance on May 19th, 2026 and adopted it on June 2nd, 2026.
Who decides it?
City of San Angelo City Council decides. The record names the deciding body for every entry it carries.
Can the public take part?
The ordinance is in force. Discharge records are held by the Director of Water Utilities and are producible on request. That makes them reachable through a Texas Public Information Act request to the City of San Angelo. The city publishes the adopted text on its data center page.
Where in Texas does it apply?
It covers Tom Green County in the San Angelo, TX area.
Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
What happens next?
No future date is on the record. The last dated step on it was effective on June 2nd.
When did it start?
The earliest date on its record is May 19th, 2026.
What kind of decision is it?
It is filed under land, water and permitting.
What sources back it?
Two sources back it. Two of them are primary.
Is it on the ERCOT grid?
Yes. It sits inside the ERCOT interconnection.
When was it last checked?
Every fact on it was last verified against its source on September 29th, 2026.
Cite this
Texas AI Docket, San Angelo sets reporting rules for data center coolant discharged into the city sewer. Tracked since May 19th, 2026. Last verified September 29th, 2026. https://texasaidocket.com/item/tx-2026-0067/. Reuse permitted under CC BY 4.0 with attribution. The same entry is in the docket JSON as item tx-2026-0067.
Beat
Filed under Land, water and permitting, with every other decision on that beat.