The Statesman is reporting that Belterra "was granted the first ever permit by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality today to discharge treated wastewater into a creek that feeds the Barton Springs portion of the Edwards Aquifer." The subdivision's effluent will discharge into Bear Creek. Per the report, two measures now in the Texas legislature "would essentially make the Belterra discharge permit the last of its kind". Read the full story on the Statesman.