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Electro Purification is working towards a test of the wells to continue moving forward with the project under the new rules set for by House Bill 3405.

According to the Barton Springs Edward Aquifer Conservation District, EP has submitted an application to test three of the six wells on the property for about five days each. 

“The overall test will be conducted at a rate to support a future production volume of 2.5 million gallons per day,” a press release from BSEACD said.

The test will provide data to determine the impacts of the wells on the aquifer.

The Aqua Texas option for wastewater treatment in downtown Wimberley is officially on the table as the city council authorized two council members, a wastewater review committee member and City Administrator Don Ferguson to open a line of discussion.

Council member Sally Trapp, who was the person who asked for the meeting request to be placed on the agenda, will be one of the two council members in the meeting with Aqua Texas.

The family of Ross and Sandra Chalk has confirmed that the newly married couple were two of the 16 people killed in the balloon crash in Lockhart last week. 

Ross Chalk, 60, has lived in Wimberley for nearly 40 years running his own company Ross-Cat, a land preparation business using Bobcat machinery.

“He has really touched a lot of people,” Gregg Chalk, Ross’ son, said. “There are few valleys and hills he hasn’t done work on in the area.”

Ross was well known around Wimberley as a kind person.

“He is one of those people where, when we met somebody, they felt like they were instantly friends with my dad,” Gregg Chalk said. “Even if it was just work for the day, everyone had a good feeling right away.”

The family of Ross and Sandra Chalk has confirmed that the newly married couple were two of the 16 people killed in the balloon crash in Lockhart last week.

Ross Chalk, 60, has lived in Wimberley for nearly 40 years running his own company Ross-Cat, a land preparation business using Bobcat machinery.

“He has really touched a lot of people,” Gregg Chalk, Ross’ son, said. “There are few valleys and hills he hasn’t done work on in the area.”

Ross was well known around Wimberley as a kind person.

“He is one of those people where, when we met somebody, they felt like they were instantly friends with my dad,” Gregg Chalk said. “Even if it was just work for the day, everyone had a good feeling right away.”

A local teenager was killed in a one-car crash early Wednesday morning, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.

Devin Dienst, 16, of Driftwood, was killed when the 1998 Ford Explorer he was riding in ran off of FM 150 near Onion Creek and crashed into a tree.

The 17-year-old male driver, a 16-year-old female and a 17-year-old female were all taken to the hospital.

The accident occurred at 12:44 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 3. The only possible cause listed on the DPS crash report as of Wednesday morning was unsafe speed.

A married couple from Wimberley appears to be among the 16 people killed on Saturday when the hot air balloon they were riding in crashed and burned in a Caldwell County field.

Multiple sources told the Wimberley View that two of the victims were from Wimberley. The family asked that names not be released until the entire family could be notified. 

The balloon, manufactured in the Czech Republic, hit a power line at 7:41 a.m. Saturday near Jolly Road between Maxwell and Lockhart. The gondola caught fire and became separated from the balloon portion of the craft, which came down about three-quarters of a mile away. All the bodies were recovered in the area of the gondola.

An ambitious wish list of road projects totaling more than $352 million was rolled out for the Hays County Commissioners Court on Tuesday, a portion of which are expected to go before voters in November.

The list includes some county-wide projects with the rest broken down by precinct. Countywide, $5 million is estimated for drainage and safety improvements at low water crossings and off-system bridges, with another $5 million targeted for aquifer protection and acquiring habitat of federally-endangered birds. 

The Wimberley City Council elected to continue looking into different options for the wastewater treatment facility largely centered around trying to limit or remove the possibility of effluent discharge into the Deer Creek. 

In the process of vetting options, the council elected to write a letter to Aqua Texas asking for price estimates for the city to potentially send excess effluent  or raw sewage to the wastewater provider instead of discharging it.

The proposal was met with opposition from Councilmember Bob Dussler, who said he is against engaging with Aqua Texas for anything.

On June 23, Elisco “Eli”Zamora of Woodcreek was riding his bike a little too close to FM 2325 at Carney Lane. 

When a dump truck saw Eli, it tried to swerve out of the way. The truck did not run over the boy but it did throw him 25 to 50 feet and crunched up his bike pretty well. First EMS showed up and sent for the StarFlight helicopter, which took him to Dell Children’s Hospital.

“I don’t remember a thing, but waking up in the hospital 3 days later,” Eli said. He passed out when they set him in the gurney. He was put in concussion protocol with a massive head concussion.

A near-record crowd at last Friday’s VFW Bingo night in Wimberley raised nearly $2,000 for the families of the five Dallas police officers killed by a gunman on July 7.

The 180 bingo players at Friday’s games tied as the third largest crowd at the bingo games held every Friday at Wimberley’s VFW Post 6441 according to Post Commander Don Wheeler.

“We are extremely gratified that Wimberley turned out in such numbers for this cause, “ Wheeler said.  “The bingo proceeds amounted to $1,950 with $221 in donations.  That came to a little over $2,170, and the post added money to make the total $2,200.”