Tag: Salado Creek

News from NPSOT’s Tonkawa Chapter. Read more about the threat to Salado Creek at Save Texas Streams.

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) is currently accepting public comments on the draft permit for Salado Vista, so that’s what you’ll be commenting on. For suggested talking points from Save Texas Streams, go to https://www.savetexasstreams.org/saladocreek and scroll down to “Salado Vista permit problems.”

The short take: Salado Vista’s draft permit has the worst limits of all 12 permits on Salado Creek, because TCEQ believed the applicant’s claim that it would be discharging its wastewater into Darrs Creek. But the actual location of Salado Vista’s treatment plant means that its wastewater will flow into Salado Creek instead — which means that it needs much stricter permit limits.

Please take a few minutes and send in your comment to TCEQ. The deadline is February 23^rd. Any comments coming after Feb 23^rd are disregarded.

Salado Vista: 

• Go to: https://www14.tceq.texas.gov/epic/eComment/
• Enter permit number: WQ0015664002
• Deadline for comments: February 23

News from the NPSOT-Tonkawa Chapter (Bell County) and Save Texas Streams:

“The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) is currently reviewing or has already approved permits for 12 facilities that could discharge 8 million gallons of treated wastewater (aka sewage) into Salado Creek, a pristine stream that flows over the Edward Aquifer Recharge Zone in Bell and Williamson Counties.” (Save Texas Streams website)

You can help!

Learn more at Save Texas Streams and on the NPSOT-Tonkawa Chapter website.

Attend the Salado Creek Community Meeting, on Wednesday, February 4, 7pm. See Save Texas Streams for the Zoom link and other meeting details.

Submit comments to TCEQ. Find links and supporting information about the permits at Save Texas Streams.

For more information and updates, see Save Texas Streams newsletters at https://www.savetexasstreams.org/newsletters/save-texas-streams-newsletter.