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Caldwell County residents prepare for treated wastewater fight

Residents and environmental advocates are fighting a treated wastewater facility that is set to be built in Caldwell County.

CALDWELL COUNTY, Texas — According to an article by the Austin-American Statesman, Caldwell County residents and environmental advocates are fighting to protect their water supplies from treated wastewater.

The article by the Statesman said a new development off Texas Highway 80 close to Texas Highway 130 called Cherryville has requested a permit from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to dump treated wastewater into Dickerson Creek with a new wastewater treatment plant.

Dickerson Creek is a waterway that eventually dumps into the San Marcos River a few miles downstream, and the permit would allow the pending treatment plant to dump up to 160,000 gallons of treated wastewater per day into the creek.

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The Statesman is reporting that a public hearing is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Tuesday inside Prarie Lea High School's auditorium to gather input on the permit.

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The KVUE Defenders have been looking into peoples' concerns with wastewater dumping and have found more than 2,500 cities in Texas have permission to dump treated wastewater into public waterways.

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