The information on potential sewage discharge into the Medina River in the Castroville area (last paragraph) seems like it would be of interest to friends of karst in the area, as well as paddlers. Plus there are some dates for river activities if you aren't going caving. Roger Moore -----Original Message----- From: Tom Goynes <[email protected]> To: List Serv Canoetx <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, Jan 26, 2011 9:41 am Subject: TRPA newsletter and Castroville news Hello Paddlers, Just wanted to let ya'll know that I have high hopes of getting the Texas Rivers Protection Association newsletter out next week, so if anyone has anything that needs to go in that newsletter, now is the time to let me know. Here are some of the dates that you should note: March 5: San Marcos River Clean Up; March 5: Annual Basura Bash - San Antonio; March 6: Annual TRPA meeting (at San Marcos River Retreat); April 2: Brazos River Cleanup; April 16 and 17: Hidalgo Falls River Festival; May 7: Medina River Cleanup; May 7: Calallen Earth Club Annual River Cleanup - Corpus Christi. You can read more about these (and other) events on our website: www.txrivers.org Update on the Castroville sewage discharge case: Brief history: The City of Castroville applied for a permit three years ago to discharge their sewage into the Medina River. Up to now, they have been using that sewage to irrigate some kind of crop. In our opinion, their sewage treatment plant is woefully inadequate, so we asked for a contested case hearing. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality denied our request for a contested case hearing, so we appealed their decision. The appeal was heard by a Judge in Austin in early June of this past year. We just got word last week that we won that appeal and that the TCEQ has been instructed to grant us a contested case hearing. It is always possible that the state will appeal that order, but for now, we are winning. I will have more info in the newsletter. Hope to see you at the San Marcos Clean Up! Tom Goynes =
