Marble Falls Water Contamination

State fines for contamination in two central texas cities.

Marble falls water contamination.

Non point source pollution nps ordinance. The non point source pollution nps ordinance governs the planning design construction operation and maintenance of drainage erosion and water quality control facilities within the city and the extraterritorial jurisdiction. Marble falls texas serves 7 380 people. Our technicians at servpro of marble falls lampasas are available 24 hours a day 365 days a year for any emergency situations that arise.

Projects exempt from the nps ordinance include. The water quality in the marble falls aquifer is variable with the total dissolved solids content increasing down dip to the north away from the llano uplift. Naturally occurring groundwater contamination in texas final contract report prepared for the texas water development board by robert c. New construction of a single family residence on a single family lot.

Meadowlakes mud serves 2 139 people. Water contaminated with sewage backup should be considered an emergency situation and dealt with as quickly as possible. City of marble falls marble falls serves 7 380 people. Fined round up 5 in marble falls 19 593 and the city of horseshoe bay 7 500 for.

Water from these streams seeps into the edwards aquifer recharging local wells and springs. Several hill country communities are already using alternatives to direct discharge including lakeway and marble falls. 40 water systems in burnet county texas. The good news is the contamination is less than what is required by the epa clean.

City of burnet burnet serves 5 002 people. Bertram has two wells on the felps place bertram mayor dickie allen said. Because the limestone beds composing this aquifer are relatively shallow the aquifer is susceptible to pollution by surface uses and activities. 2 contaminants above legal limits.

Marble falls burnet kingsland llano spicewood horseshoe bay and all of the highland lakes. Yet many developments and communities want to dump their treated sewage directly into our creeks and rivers. Scanlon steven walden and gil strassberg bureau of economic geology the university of texas at austin. The bad news is we have some contamination of our underground water system.

In some states a small percentage of tests were performed before water was treated and some contaminants were.