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Pump malfunction at Lift Station 40 releases about 200,000 gallons
The City reported about 200,000 gallons of untreated wastewater discharged at Lift Station 40, 7100 Cliffside Road, from 12:30 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. on September 20, 2026, after a pump malfunction caused the station to overflow from a manhole. It did not reach natural waterways; repairs and disinfection were completed and TCEQ was notified.[1][2][3]
What the sources say
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The City reported about 200,000 gallons of untreated wastewater discharged at Lift Station 40, 7100 Cliffside Road, from 12:30 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. on Sunday, September 20, 2026, caused by a pump malfunction that made the station overflow from a manhole; it did not reach natural waterways, and repair, remediation and disinfection were completed.[1][2][3]
- Gallons
- 200,000
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City releases and local news report five overflows at the Lift Station 40 / 7100 Cliffside site between December 2023 and September 2026, of about 1,026,000 (reported December 11, 2023), 100,000 (July 2, 2024), 945,000 (September 16-17, 2024), 1,000,000 (July 9, 2025) and 200,000 gallons (September 20, 2026).[4][5][6][7][1]
- Overflow count
- 5