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Hidalgo County septic services.

2 license-verified providers serve Hidalgo County. Every listing is checked against TCEQ license records.

Updated July 31, 2026 · listings checked against TCEQ records August 8, 2026

Hidalgo County, at a glance
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9 districts
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Izaguirre Septic Tanks ✓ TCEQ Verified
Installer I · OS0002700  +  Site Evaluator · OS0012481 · Active — checked Aug 8, 2026
Drain Field RepairSeptic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Hidalgo

(956) 584-0554 View profile
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R. Nava Backhoe Service ✓ TCEQ Verified
Installer II · OS0004873  +  Site Evaluator · OS0010965 · Active — checked Aug 8, 2026
Drain Field RepairSeptic InspectionSeptic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Hidalgo

(956) 451-8939 View profile

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Permits

Who issues them here.

Hidalgo County Authorized Agent

Covers unincorporated County + Cities of Alamo, Alton, Donna (AA), Elsa, La Joya, McAllen (AA), Mercedes (AA), Mission (AA), Palmview, Penitas, Progreso, San Juan (AA), Sullivan City, Weslaco

2818 S Business Hwy 281, Edinburg 78539
(956) 318-2840
rodolfo.rios@co.hidalgo.tx.us
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City Of Palmhurst Authorized Agent

Covers City limits

4417 N Shary Rd Palmhurst, 78573
(956) 583-2681
palmhurst@cityofpalmhurst.com
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City Of Donna Authorized Agent

Covers administered by Hidalgo County

2818 S Business Hwy 281, Edinburg 78539
(956) 318-2840
rodolfo.rios@co.hidalgo.tx.us
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City Of Mcallen Authorized Agent

Covers administered by Hidalgo County

2818 S Business Hwy 281, Edinburg 78539
(956) 318-2840
rodolfo.rios@co.hidalgo.tx.us
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City Of Mercedes Authorized Agent

Covers administered by Hidalgo County

2818 S Business Hwy 281, Edinburg 78539
(956) 318-2840
rodolfo.rios@co.hidalgo.tx.us
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City Of Mission Authorized Agent

Covers administered by Hidalgo County

2818 S Business Hwy 281, Edinburg 78539
(956) 318-2840
rodolfo.rios@co.hidalgo.tx.us
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City Of San Juan Authorized Agent

Covers administered by Hidalgo County

2818 S Business Hwy 281, Edinburg 78539
(956) 318-2840
rodolfo.rios@co.hidalgo.tx.us
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City Of Pharr Authorized Agent

118 S. Cage Blvd, Pharr 78577
(956) 783-8366
PHARRHEALTH@CITYOFPHARR.COM
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Agua Sud Authorized Agent

Covers unincorporated areas w/in Agua SUD boundaries, administered by Hidalgo County

3120 N Abram Rd Palmview, 78572
(956) 318-2840
rodolfo.rios@co.hidalgo.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 Hidalgo 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

Hidalgo County holds land use at county level more firmly than most Texas counties. The Planning Department runs a Subdivision Plat Division and a Subdivision Advisory Board, and reviews site plans for compliance with setback requirements. Hidalgo also sits in the border-county platting regime of Local Government Code Chapter 232, Subchapter B, which imposes plat requirements that do not apply in most of the state.

Source: Hidalgo County on-site sewage facility program page ↗ · retrieved Aug 7, 2026

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

Environmental protections

Nothing in Hidalgo 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.

How Texas permitting works

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 (14.5% of rated soils), followed by a cemented hardpan that water will not move through (7.5%). NRCS rates 21.7% of rated ground very limited for a standard soil absorption field, 13.8% for subsurface drip and 7.6% for surface application with disinfection.

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

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