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Debate rages over discharge permit

Debate rages over discharge permit
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Debate raged during a public meeting at Dripping Springs Ranch Park Nov. 10 over the city of Dripping Springs’ proposed discharge permit application to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ).

The meeting, requested by Texas State Representative Jason Isaac, gave residents the chance to address concerns about wastewater discharge potentially polluting Onion Creek as a result of the city’s draft permit. The permit would allow the city to discharge close to one million gallons of treated effluent into Walnut Springs, which is a tributary of Onion Creek.

TCEQ staff, as well as Andy Barrett, Dripping Springs city attorney who spoke on behalf of the city, addressed residents’ questions.

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