| Recent Articles and Documents re: Burnet's Application To Discharge | |
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"PLTA's disagreement with Burnet is not over a new treatment plant, but what you should do with the treated effluent from that plant. PLTA and others assert that the science shows the treated effluent, particularly if discharged over a continuous periods, will cause significant degradation of Hamilton Creek and the upper reaches of Lake Travis."
Comments by PLTA president Lonnie Moore to Burnet City Council 5/11/2010 |
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Lonnie Moore, President
Ken Fossler, Vice President
Gloria Eckstrom, Secretary
Richard Eason, Treasurer
David Gavenda
John Strickland |
| Indicators of Water Quality: Mussels |
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"Living as long as 50 years, they are sensitive to water degradation because they act as filters, absorbing harmful impurities along with bacteria and nutrients, like phosphorous...Wildlife experts say the mussels are the underwater version of the proverbial canary in the coal mine." "Healthy mussel populations mean purer water for humans and countless aquatic plants and animals." |
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| Hamilton Creek Residents Express Concerns About Wastewater Effects on Creek and Lake Travis | |
CONCERNED CITIZENS OF HAMILTON CREEK FORM GROUP, SIGN PETITIONS AGAINST WASTEWATER EFFLUENT DISCHARGE
Reporter James Walker (far right, in red) interviews CC of HC |
Calling themselves the Concerned Citizens of Hamilton Creek, residents along Hamilton Creek in Burnet County have been expressing their concerns about the City of Burnet's request for a permit to discharge up to 1.7 million gallons per day of treated sewage effluent into the clear stream they live along (see left sidebar for news articles). The residents signed a petition and presented it and their concerns to the local press as well as to the Burnet County Commissioners Court and the Burnet City Council.
PLTA has visited Hamilton Creek several times and commissioned a study ( HERE) by Raymond Slade, a professional hydrologist and expert on Hill Country streams. Mr. Slade's study reinforced what computer modeling by LCRA and City of Austin shows - large, continuous amounts of treated effluent will cause significant degradation of Hamilton Creek and the upper reaches of Lake Travis.
PLTA board member John Strickland (center) meets with the owners of Creekside Camp & Cabins on Hamilton Creek
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"..we still know today that to protect the lakes, you must protect the creeks." PLTA's Lonnie Moore, speaking to Burnet city council 5/11/10
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| Lake Travis Community Coalition Gets Going | | |
VILLAGE OF VOLENTE ORGANIZES A KICK-OFF MEETING
(l to r) Rep. Donna Howard, Rep. Valinda Bolton, Sandra Haverlah, Myron Hess of NWF and Volente's Justine Blackmore-Hlista address LTCC members
The Lake Travis Community Coalition organizational meeting was held 5/17/2010 at the Travis County West Service Center near Mansfield Dam. Speakers included Rep. Donna Howard, Rep. Valinda Bolton, consultant Sandra Haverlah, Myron Hess of National Wildlife Federation, Michael Nalick of Travis County and Lonnie Moore of PLTA. 30+ representatives of cities, HOAs, neighborhood associations, MUDs and WCIDs from around Lake Travis attended the meeting.
The main topic of the meeting was the proposal by TCEQ to lower the Texas Surface Water Quality Standards (see PLTA Issue 11) and the potential long term impacts on Lake Travis.
All cities bordering Lake Travis, as well as all Lake Travis HOAs, POAs, MUDs, WCIDs and neighborhood associations are encouraged to participate in the Lake Travis Community Coalition.
For more information on LTCC, see the Volente newsletter article HERE and the Cedar Park Citizen news article HERE. |
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