Ironically, a few days before the Texas Stream Team training at Texas Tech Junction, members of the Llano River Watershed Alliance hiking just downstream of the junction of the North and South Llano Rivers, observed pools of algae-covered water along the Llano River near the Interstate-10 Bridge.
Upon notifying the City, Junction Mayor Russell Hammonds and the City’s Water and wastewater Superintendent investigated the report and discovered that the sanitary sewer line coming from a local motel had become disconnected from the City Lift Station serving the motel. Read more from the Llano Watershed Alliance