Public Meeting with TCEQ and Arch Ray Developers

Friends,

I am posting this on the website because you, gentle reader, are a vital member of the Pedernales River Alliance and right now, we need you.

TCEQ has scheduled a meeting on ArchRay’s request for a permit to dump 35,000 gal of treated wastewater into the Pedernales every day. If you have not already submitted your comments online, please do so now. If you have learned how detrimental treated wastewater is to Hill Country Rivers, including the Pedernales River, and want to make comments, please do so.

Here is how to make Comments to TCEQ:

Go to https://www14.tceq.texas.gov/epic/eComment/

Enter this permit #WQ0005452000

Fill in your personal information

Enter your comments or questions regarding this permit in the Comments block

Submit

Mark your calendars, The Public Meeting will be held on

Monday, August 19, 2024 at 7:00p

Rockbox Theater

109N. Llano Street

Fredericksburg, Texas 78624

After introductions, you may ask the developers or TCEQ any question. Please note, if you have already asked your questions in your online comments, it is not necessary to ask them again as all online questions will be answered offline via USPS. However, if you feel that your question(s) is important enough to ask it in this public forum, do so. During this part of the meeting you may also make comments to describe what the Pedernales River means to you. Please limit your questions and comments to this permit. This is an open discussion time with the developers and TCEQ. Note: comments or questions made during this first period are not for the record.

Please plan to stay for the second half of the meeting, which is very important. Any questions or comments you have not submitted online can be asked for the record during this time. It is vital that we get your unasked questions and comments recorded. If you are unable to stay, please consider writing your comments and questions down and submitting them for the record.

The Pedernales River is a direct recharge zone for the aquifer that provides drinking water to most of Gillespie County. No treated wastewater is fit to drink. Help us protect our drinking water and our river.

Regards,

Deb

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