Debate raged during a public meeting at Dripping Springs Ranch Park Nov. 10 over the city of Dripping Springs’ proposed discharge permit application to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). The meeting, requested by Texas State Representative Jason Isaac, gave residents the chance to...

by Wes Pitts ripping Springs can provide the wastewater capacity this community needs with a no-discharge solution. We can protect our drinking water, and serve growth responsibly. The City is currently pursuing authorization to discharge 995k gallons per day (gpd) of treated sewage into Onion Creek...

Dear Mayor Purcell and Dripping Springs City Council Members, No one ever said public service was easy.  Often, it’s a thankless job that requires tough and sometimes unpopular decisions to be made for the good of the community.  Our city’s wastewater expansion is such an issue.   Please accept a no...

By Moses Leos III Progress toward a 560-acre tract of land that will soon hold a new mixed-use development surrounding the Salt Lick restaurant in Driftwood continues to move forward. For Salt Lick owner Scott Roberts, whose family has owned the property for more than 100 years, ensuring development...

By Moses Leos III Progress toward a 560-acre tract of land that will soon hold a new mixed-use development surrounding the Salt Lick restaurant in Driftwood continues to move forward. For Salt Lick owner Scott Roberts, whose family has owned the property for more than 100 years, ensuring development...

By Moses Leos III Buda last week became the latest entity to pass a resolution outlining its concerns over Dripping Springs’ proposed permit to discharge treated effluent into Walnut Springs, a tributary of Onion Creek.  The Buda City Council July 19 adopted a resolution supporting the Barton Spring...

Many conversations are ongoing around the City of Dripping Springs’ pursuit of a necessary discharge permit from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) in order to expand our wastewater treatment facility. It’s a complex topic of great interest to many in our community and for good rea...

By Moses Leos III Citizens packed the Dripping Springs Water Supply Corporation meeting Monday to relay concerns about the possible effects on DSWSC wells if the city’s proposed discharge permit of treated effluent is approved. The board, however, opted not to place an item on next month’s agenda to...

By Moses Leos III Roughly a week after the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District (BSEACD) formally opposed Dripping Springs’ proposed discharge permit, the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District (HTGCD) Thursday followed suit. By a 4-1 vote, the HTGCD made a resolution opposin...

Dripping Springs has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for a permit to potentially dump up to 950,000 gallons of treated effluent into Onion Creek, daily. This is their solution to their rapid growth. Reasonable folks would agree that this seems a shortsighted solution ...