A legal battle involving Dripping Springs’ wastewater permit application could be coming after an Austin-area water conservation district moved to file a formal protest.
On Nov. 16, the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District Board of Directors voted 5-0 to move forward with filing a contested case hearing, or a protest, with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on Dripping Springs wastewater permit application, said Blayne Stansberry, BSEACD Board president.
“The creek is so pristine, so valuable for water quality recharge . . .this kind of discharge permit does not makes sense in the Hill Country . . . in this ecoregion,” Stansberry said.
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