• 24 applications to build new, private domestic wastewatertreatment plants awaiting approval
in Williamson County.
• Three are in Hutto, five in Taylor and two in Thrall.
• The county experienced 98 incidents of sanitary sewage overflows in 2022-2023, spilling 315,271 gallons of wastewater.
• Causes ranged from power outages and equipment failure to human error.
• No wastewater-treatment plant permits have been denied in Williamson County in the past five years.
Source: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
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