By Sahar Chmais

Following protests from environmental groups and concerned local residents, Dripping Springs property owner Stephen Cleveland withdrew his application for a wastewater treatment plant.

According to a press release from Save Barton Springs Association, Cleveland wrote an email to TCEQ stating that, “after hearing all the impassioned people in the meeting last night, our family has decided to ask that our application be withdrawn.”

The reason for the withdrawal may have be...