TCEQ approves Buda discharge permit

Buda

Moses Leos III on March 21, 2018

A permit amendment allowing Buda to discharge up to an additional 1.5 million gallons of treated effluent into a discharge point in the Sunfield Municipal Utility District (MUD) was approved March 7 by Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) commissioners.

The decision now allows the city to finalize expansion of its wastewater treatment plant to a capacity of 3.5 million gallons per day.

John Nett, Buda city engineer, said the permit application allows the city a second discharge point...

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