Wastewater Treatment Plants on the Edwards Aquifer

Summary
    At the request of the Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance (GEAA) the Water Wizards consulting group has completed several different tasks. First, we have completed a new weighted overlay analysis that has been updated with relevant data provided by the Texas Commission of Environmental Quality (TCEQ). This weighted overlay analysis focuses on Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTPs) that are in our study area with varying levels of importance being assigned to each plant based on their proximity to an impaired water source, and which priority zone they operate in. Secondly, we have created an interactive web map and dashboard for the GEAA that will allow them to track the effluent data of each WWTP that operates within the region of the Edwards Aquifer and its nearby surrounding area. Lastly, we are providing the GEAA and Texas State University with this written report which will provide an in-depth explanation of the goal of our project, the obstacles we faced during our study, our data sources, methodology, and our results. We believe that providing these deliverables will further enable the GEAA to maintain water purity levels within the Edwards Aquifer.