The Dripping Springs area needs water and Electro Purification (EP) wants to provide it, but at a special meeting held on Monday, October 12, the Dripping Springs Water Supply Corporation board (DSWSC) stated they are not interested in doing business. At least, not in regard to the contract most recently offered by EP to the DSWSC for the purchase of water.
Remaining projects from the 2018 bond program are: expansion/renovation of the Transportation Center, construction of new Walnut Springs Elementary, renovations to Dripping Springs Middle School, construction of new elementary school on Darden Hill Road, and conversion of the old WSE campus to an Administration Building.
Hays County Local Health Department (HCLHD) reports one COVID-related fatality; a San Marcos woman in her 80s. It was the 13th COVID-related fatality reported in the last week in Hays County. The department also reports 251 new lab-confirmed cases since Friday’s update along with 12 new hospitalizations and six (6) new hospital discharges, along with 81 additional people now considered recovered.
Amazon is working to advance a project to build a 1-million-square-foot warehouse distribution center in San Marcos by September, 2021, according to documents and exchanges in last Tuesday’s City Council Meeting.
Free COVID-19 testing continues to be available in Dripping Springs via the Curative mobile testing site at “The Triangle.” The van is there every Friday through Monday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. That schedule, however, will change this week and next in light of the holidays. All Curative testing sites in Hays County will be closed December 24- 25, as well as December 31 and January 1.
P.O. Box 732
Dripping Springs, Texas 78620
Phone: (512) 858-4163
Fax: (512) 847-9054