Debi Segovia said she moved to Wilson County two decades ago to get away. Now, she’s worried the fresh air and clean water that were once selling points will soon be stripped away.

“The state as a whole needs to get a grip on development,” Segovia said.

This summer, HK Bella’s Ranch, LLC. applied for a permit for a proposed Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System. This would create a new wastewater treatment plant in Wilson County to accommodate a development that would add 900 single-family homes off U.S. Highway 181 near Floresville.

KSAT has covered a very similar project near Helotes called Guajolote Ranch.

Currently, the plot in Wilson County is just grass. However, an attorney for the developer said it’s an “active” project, and homes that would be built there would need a t

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