by admin | Jan 17, 2017 | News, Water Quality
As a consequence for discharging millions of gallons of treated effluent water toward the Balcones Canyonlands Preserve, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality charged the Western Travis County Public Utility Agency $8,001. The TCEQ investigation into the...
by admin | Dec 19, 2016 | News, Water Quality
Officials lifted the three-and-a-half day ban on the use of tap water in Corpus Christi on Sunday. Residents can now use the water for drinking, showering and washing clothes and dishes. The source of the contamination has been linked to a nearby asphalt plant, but...
by admin | Dec 18, 2016 | News, Water Quality
How long will San Antonio residents be required to subsidize the city’s developers at the cost of our own safety, health and pocketbooks? Except for a few visionaries, our city representatives and staff continue to be appallingly shortsighted and reactionary,...
by admin | Dec 15, 2016 | News, Water Quality
Onion Creek may yet dodge the bullet – more precisely, the treated wastewater discharge requested by the city of Dripping Springs as an alternative to the current practice of spraying the effluent on land, where it is less likely to pollute nearby creeks. The U.S....
by admin | Nov 14, 2016 | News, Water Quality
The city of Dripping Springs and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality listened to dozens of north Hays County residents and community members speak against a proposed permit that could allow the city to discharge up to 955,000 gallons of wastewater into Onion...
by admin | Nov 14, 2016 | Water Quality
Treated sewage is being dumped into the Onion Creek Central Texas waterway as the area works to keep up with the all the people moving to Hays County. The tributary begins on the Blanco/Hays county line and snakes its way to the Colorado River in Austin. Along the way...
