The City of Burnet has offered to significantly reduce the amount of
treated wastewater it can discharge into Hamilton Creek in an attempt to
win the support of the Lower Colorado River Authority.
The city
plans to build a new wastewater and sewage treatment plant and has filed
an application with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to
amend its discharge permit to increase its daily allowable amount from
700,000 to 1.7 million gallons.
The LCRA, the cities of Austin
and Lakeway, the Protect Lake Travis Association and other entities are
concerned about the effect the increased amount of discharge will have
on Lake Travis and have filed a notice of intent with TCEQ to request a
contested hearing.
Burnet Assistant City Manager David Vaughn
said Thursday the city has sent LCRA a proposal that would reduce its
daily allowable discharge of treated wastewater, or effluent, to about
1.1 million gallons per day, with some exceptions.
“We’ve sent
them a proposal, but we haven’t heard back from them,” Vaughn said.
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