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nion Creek is both a defining landmark and a potent talisman for our community, symbolizing as it does both the bounteous wonder and the fragility of our little part of the world. In peril from recurrent drought and changing climate, and even development on its banks, now Onion Creek could become a sewage disposal site. 

The city of Dripping Springs is preparing to submit for a permit to discharge waste water into the creek. The city’s formal application to the Texas Commission on Environ...