Concerns are growing over a proposed update to a permit that could allow Buda to discharge 1.5 million gallons of treated effluent into a tributary that flows into an area reservoir. Those issues came up March 21 as 15 to 20 private property owners relayed their opinions during a Texas Commission on...

Should larger cities be allowed to protest the discharge permit requests by smaller towns? State Rep. Jason Isaac (R-Dripping Springs) doesn’t think so, and he filed a state House bill to bar larger cities from protesting discharge applications from smaller municipalities. House Bill 3004, if approv...

Negotiations continued after an executive session during Thursday’s Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District (BSEACD) meeting on Dripping Springs’ request to discharge treated effluent into the Onion Creek Watershed. The BSEACD reviewed with its attorney the draft settlement prepared by ...

Six citizen environmental groups have submitted a letter to Austin city leaders asking them to continue negotiations with Dripping Springs for a potential no-discharge solution. The letter came as the six organizations, which include Protect Our Water (POW) and the Save our Springs Alliance (SOS), r...

Preliminary findings from Austin’s evaluation of Dripping Springs’ Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ)  draft permit shows  the city “meets the criteria” for its beneficial reuse program. The city of Austin evaluated “potential impacts on the qualify of water in Onion Creek” in its revi...

Concerns over the method Wimberley city leaders should take to alleviate wastewater woes drove hundreds to the Wimberley Community Center last week to hear what one group feels is the best way to proceed. The Citizens Alliance for Responsible Development (CARD) held a town hall meeting to voice thei...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has filed an interim letter of objection to Dripping Springs’ Texas Pollutant Disposal Elimination System (TPDES) discharge permit with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. In a letter submitted to the TCEQ, Richard A. Wooster, Acting Associate Dir...

Heated debate over Wimberley’s proposed agreement with Aqua Texas continued earlier this month as community members expressed their concerns with city leaders.  But city leaders showed a sense of urgency as they pieced together a new term sheet that breaks down a potential agreement with Aqua Texas ...

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...

by Wes Pitts ripping Springs can provide the wastewater capacity this community needs with a no-discharge solution. We can protect our drinking water, and serve growth responsibly. The City is currently pursuing authorization to discharge 995k gallons per day (gpd) of treated sewage into Onion Creek...