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Cameron County septic services.

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Updated July 31, 2026

Cameron County, at a glance
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Who issues them here.

Cameron County Authorized Agent

1390 W Expressway 83, San Benito 78586
(956) 247-3599
GOLIVARES@CO.CAMERON.TX.US
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City Of Starbase Authorized Agent

Covers City limits

39046 LBJ Blvd #2, Brownsville 78521
(817) 475-3140
jshelton@safebuilt.com
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Town Of Bayview Authorized Agent

Covers Town limits

104 S San Roman Rd Bayview, 78566
(956) 407-2314
gilbertcisneros89@yahoo.com
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City Of Los Fresnos Authorized Agent

Covers administered by Cameron County

1390 W Expressway 83, San Benito 78586
(956) 247-3599
GOLIVARES@CO.CAMERON.TX.US
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Town Of Combes Authorized Agent

Covers administered by Cameron County

1390 W Expressway 83, San Benito 78586
(956) 247-3599
GOLIVARES@CO.CAMERON.TX.US
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City Of Santa Rosa Authorized Agent

Covers administered by Cameron County

1390 W. Expressway 83, San Benito 78586
(956) 247-3599
GOLIVARES@CO.CAMERON.TX.US
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City Of Harlingen Authorized Agent

Covers administered by Cameron County

1390 W Expressway 83, San Benito 78586
(956) 247-3599
GOLIVARES@CO.CAMERON.TX.US
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City Of La Feria Authorized Agent

Covers administered by Cameron County

1390 W Expressway 83, San Benito 78586
(956) 247-3599
GOLIVARES@CO.CAMERON.TX.US
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City Of Primera Authorized Agent

Covers administered by Cameron County

1390 W Expressway 83, San Benito 78586
(956) 247-3599
GOLIVARES@CO.CAMERON.TX.US
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City Of San Benito Authorized Agent

Covers administered by Cameron County

1390 W Expressway 83, San Benito 78586
(956) 247-3599
GOLIVARES@CO.CAMERON.TX.US
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Permit fees, forms & process

New installs and major repairs need a permit from the local authorized agent — usually the county, sometimes a city — and the rules that bind are the local ones.

This county’s full guide is still in production — the authority contact shown here is the official source in the meantime.

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Local rules

What’s different in Cameron County.

Four things decide what you can build and what it costs: zoning, environmental protections, power for aerobic systems, and the ground itself. We publish each one only where we have checked it — and say so plainly where the answer is “same as the rest of Texas”.

Zoning & land use

Cameron County issues the septic permit for the whole county except the town of Bayview, under an on-site sewage facility order the commissioners court adopted and TCEQ approved (Health and Safety Code § 366.031). Section 366.032(b) makes that order prevail wherever it is stricter than 30 TAC Chapter 285. Texas grants county zoning power only in named places, and Cameron County is one: Local Government Code Chapter 231, Subchapter B, covers Padre Island.

Source: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, OSSF authorized agent county lookup (OARS) — result for Cameron County ↗ · retrieved Aug 7, 2026

Also: Texas Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority (current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session, 2025) ↗ · retrieved Aug 7, 2026

Environmental protections

Nothing in Cameron County changes this. Texas adds a separate approval path over the Edwards Aquifer recharge, transition and contributing zones, where TCEQ requires an Edwards Aquifer Protection Plan under 30 TAC Chapter 213. Elsewhere the Chapter 285 rules stand on their own.

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Checked against TCEQ, 30 TAC Chapter 213 (Edwards Aquifer), Subchapters A and B — Edwards Aquifer and Contributing Zone in Medina, Bexar, Comal, Kinney, Uvalde, Hays, Travis and Williamson Counties (chapter review date 8 March 2024) ↗ · retrieved Aug 7, 2026

Geology & soil

The dominant constraint here is clayey subsoil that water moves through too slowly (46.9% of rated soils), followed by flooding (33.8%). NRCS rates 77.0% of rated ground very limited for a standard soil absorption field, 53.2% for subsurface drip and 53.2% for surface application with disinfection. Where a conventional field will not pass, subsurface drip is usually the route that does.

Source: USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Soil Survey Geographic Database (SSURGO), queried via Soil Data Access (gSSURGO vintage 21 November 2025) ↗ · retrieved Aug 7, 2026

i3 of 4 local factors researched for this county so far. Each one is published with the authority it came from and the date we read it. Methodology

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