Palomino Alpha data-center wastewater permit
Palomino Alpha, LLC, identified as owning a data center, applied for TPDES Permit WQ0005514000 to discharge treated wastewater up to a daily average flow of 500,000 gallons per day near Zorn in Guadalupe County.
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Palomino Alpha, LLC, identified as owning a data center, applied for TPDES Permit WQ0005514000 to discharge treated wastewater up to a daily average flow of 500,000 gallons per day near Zorn in Guadalupe County.
Water-quality records can reveal cooling-water and wastewater issues that do not appear on ordinary zoning or incentive agendas.
TCEQ technical package, draft permit, public comments, and any local utility or groundwater records.
What water source feeds the data center, what is the discharge route, and who bears downstream risk?
Local officials should compare wastewater discharge assumptions against water-supply commitments, creek capacity and emergency plans.
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- Palomino Alpha, LLC, identified as owning a data center, applied for TPDES Permit WQ0005514000 to discharge treated wastewater up to a daily average flow of 500,000 gallons per day near Zorn in Guadalupe County.
- Current stage: Administratively complete / technical review. Confidence label: Permit watch.
- The next useful evidence is likely to appear through tceq technical package, draft permit, public comments, and any local utility or groundwater records.
This confirms a permit or application record. It does not by itself prove final approval, construction, full project scope, ownership, or every potential impact.
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Palomino Alpha, LLC, identified as owning a data center, applied for TPDES Permit WQ0005514000 to discharge treated wastewater up to a daily average flow of 500,000 gallons per day near Zorn in Guadalupe County.
Questions we’re watching
- What water source feeds the data center, what is the discharge route, and who bears downstream risk?
- Which of the next expected records—tCEQ technical package, draft permit, public comments, and any local utility or groundwater records.—will provide the clearest confirmation or change in status?
- What public costs, infrastructure commitments or community benefits are documented as the project advances?
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What changed
This record was last reviewed on 2026-07-03. Current watch status: Track.
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Source
Agency permit · Good
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