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#10 ‘Top Out’ ceremony held for new fire station

Wed, 12/30/2020 - 4:00am

The highest structural beam was erected on the new Fire Station #74, located at the intersection of Belterra Drive and Sawyer Ranch Road. The “top out” ceremony was held on Friday, October, 23. Fire and EMS personnel were on-hand to witness the historic event. “The North Hays County Fire Rescue is pleased with the progress of the new Fire Station #74,” NHCFR Chief Scott Collard said. “The project is on schedule to be completed in May of 2021. This facility is a great addition to our organization and will allow us to grow with the community around us.”

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#9 City of Dripping Springs receives $5.7 million park land gift

Wed, 12/30/2020 - 4:00am

The Dripping Springs City Council has accepted a donation deed of 300 acres of land from Dick Rathgeber and Rathgeber Investment Company, Ltd. This land is located adjacent to the Headwaters Subdivision and will be dedicated to the city as Rathgeber Natural Resource Park.

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#8 DSWSC builds water tower, neighbors oppose

Wed, 12/30/2020 - 4:00am

The Dripping Springs Water Supply Corporation (DSWSC) is currently constructing a 750,000 gallon elevated storage tank on its property on Hart Lane, near the intersection of Harmon Hills Rd and Bell Springs Rd. According to the DSWSC, the tank will be a composite tank similar to the DSWSC tank on Counts Estates Drive on the south side of town and the West Travis County Public Utility Agency tank on the right hand side of U.S. 290, as you enter Dripping Springs from the east.

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#7 Dripping Springs wastewater discharge permit reversed

Wed, 12/30/2020 - 4:00am

A Texas district court has ruled the City of Dripping Springs can not discharge treated wastewater into Onion Creek. The ruling was handed down on Thursday, October 29, when District Court Judge Maya Guerra Gamble reversed the discharge permit issued to the city by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) commissioners. The discharge permit was issued on February 27, 2019, to allow the city to begin the expansion of its wastewater treatment plant and address the area’s growing wastewater needs.

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#5 DSISD extends campus closures to the end of school year

Wed, 12/30/2020 - 4:00am

On April 17, the Dripping Springs ISD announced that it was extending its campus closures to the end of the 2019-2020 school year in accordance with the order given by Gov. Greg Abbott, which was issued the same day.