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 Environmental Quality public meeting on the matter.

Buda originally applied with the TCEQ in 2015 for an update to its existing discharge permit from its wastewater treatment plant.

The update calls f...