DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — The Trophy Club Municipal Utility District No. 1 is said to be in danger of losing its operating permit due to 32 state citations for violations including the release of raw sewage into Lake Grapevine.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has scheduled a hearing in Austin for September 11 to decide whether the permit can be renewed to the district which serves a growing area on the Tarrant/Denton County line including Trophy Club and a portion of Westgate.
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram contacted former Trophy Club council member Danny Mayer who said the problems are the result of poor management. Mayer is among a small number of residents who challenged the district’s permit renewal application.
District officials say the charge is blown out of proportion and that the problems have all been addressed. New general manager John Carman, who started work in Trophy Club just weeks ago, told the Star-Telegram via email that TCEQ staff had already prepared a draft permit before the commission decided to look into the allegations. He called claims that the district could lose its license “overly dramatic”.
In January 2016 a damaged sewer pipe spilled an estimated 7,200 gallons of raw sewage into a tributary of Marshall Creek, which feeds into Lake Grapevine. The lake is a recreational area and source of drinking water for Dallas, Highland Park, University Park and part of Grapevine.
