DRIPPING SPRINGS — With much anticipation, after a long-awaited period, the city of Dripping Springs has been given the green light to expand its wastewater treatment facility.
This comes after the Texas Supreme Court ruled in support of the city’s wastewater discharge permit Friday, April 11, which has been a long time coming as, in 2019, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) issued a wastewater discharge permit for the city of Dripping Springs. However, for the past few years, the city has been involved in a lawsuit from the Save Our Springs Alliance (SOS), a local environmental group, regarding the permit — the alliance had filed the lawsuit, asking the court to rule against the permit.
“The consequences of the delay due to the lawsuit have been difficult,” Mayor Bill Foulds said during a press conference April 15. “We've been able to work with it, but the city is still growing regardless of the permit. Many developers in the area have had to implement temporary wastewater treatment plants that have resulted in higher costs of housing.”
