If we want to see more developments use better ways to treat wastewater, it helps to give them incentives to do so. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) recently did just that when it created a new credit for the beneficial reuse of wastewater for landscape irrigation and other…

A new development in the Austin - San Antonio region called Cherryville has created a wastewater plan that proposes dumping treated sewage into the nearby San Marcos River. When this city is completed in a few years, it will be twice the size of Lockhart, with 25,000 residents. Unfortunately, as…

SEWAGE THREATENS BARTON CREEK New Research Links Long Branch Wastewater Permit as a Threat to Barton Creek AUSTIN— The City of Austin released a study implicating a new wastewater permit application as a potential pollution source that would damage Barton Creek. Sawyer-Cleveland Partnership, LLC, seeks approval to pipe up to…

(Algae from treated sewage chokes Cibolo Creek) The past decade has seen numerous developments sprouting up in the area around Bulverde, Texas. Driven by close proximity to the one of the fastest-growing cities in the U.S., the sprawling development in the Bulverde area is going largely unchecked, causing all sorts…

In response to the City Of Blanco's application to dump 1.6 million gallons per day of treated sewage into the Blanco River, a group of concerned residents in Blanco and Wimberley have formed Protect Our Blanco https://protectourblanco.org/ to fight the permit and force the City Of Blanco to reuse their wastewater,…

Terri Grucca and the KVUE Defenders news team worked with No Dumping Sewage Campaign Organizer Mike Clifford on two recent news segments covering Liberty Hill's treated sewage dumping in the South San Gabriel River. The most recent segment can be seen here. KVUE initially investigated the South San Gabriel situation…

"Threats To The Texas Hill Country From Wastewater Discharges” Interview with Certified Professional Hydrologist Raymond Slade, Jr. for the No Dumping Sewage (NDS) campaign Raymond Slade, Jr. is a Professional Hydrologist who has been deeply involved with Texas water issues over the past 45 years, first as a Hydrologist for…

By: Mike Clifford, NoDumpingSewage Campaign Organizer and Raymond Slade, Jr., Certified Professional Hydrologist   July 16, 2018 On July 2, 2018, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) released their investigation report in response to local resident complaints of excessive algae in the South Fork of the San Gabriel River.…

July 9, 2018 “No Discharge, for Now,” in Dripping Springs Wastewater Case Save Barton Creek Association, Protect Our Water, Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District, Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District, and several landowners have entered into a settlement agreement over Dripping Springs' direct discharge wastewater permit. The permit has faced…