The City of Dripping Springs recently filed an application for a discharge permit with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ).   This permit would allow us to expand our wastewater system, which is badly needed, not only to prepare for future development, but also to meet current demand.

As mayor pro tem of the City, I know firsthand the amount of research, planning and deliberation that went into our decision to file.  While I know it has been unpopular with some, I stand by the ...