Two-minute impact
This permit—proposed by Chesmar Homes and the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority—would be for a wastewater treatment facility and disposal site located 3.5 miles west of the FM 2722 and Hwy. 46 intersection in New Braunfels, according to a news release from the Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance, or GEAA.
GEAA is a nonprofit organization that works to promote broad-based advocacy protections and preservations of the Edwards Aquifer. The proposed facility and disposal site would be located in the drainage basin of the Comal River and in a segment of the Guadalupe River Basin, the release states.
The first segment of the meeting is for questions, and public comments will commence during the second part of the meeting.
Offering input
GEAA members said they had concerns with the permit application relating to the degradation of the drainage basin of the Comal River, Edwards Aquifer and area water wells that would likely occur with the irrigation of treated sewage within the proposed development area.
“GEAA, therefore, requests a contested case hearing for this application,” the nonprofit’s comments state.
Before you go
The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. at Oak Run Middle School, located at 415 Oak Run Point in New Braunfels.
Public comments can be submitted online at www14.tceq.texas.gov/epic/eComment or in writing. Written comments must be addressed to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Office of the Chief Clerk, MC105, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 78711-3087.
Submitted comments related to this proposed permit must include the permit number, which is WQ0016516001.
