Rancho Lorena not affected by Water Treatment Facility Dispute

Rancho Lorena, one of the Waco area's newest Master Planned Communities will not be affected by the ongoing dispute in the Bull Hide Creek Water Treatment Facility issue.

Rancho Lorena is situated at the corner of Old Lorena Rd. & Spring Valley Rd. and it is served by the Spring Valley water system, which at present has plenty of water capacity for the project. The lots are acreage lots so the residents will be utilizing septic systems and will not have to deal with the over capacity Waco Metropolitan Area Regional Sewer System or WMARSS which is currently negotiating with the area residents to place a new treatment facility in the Bull Hide Creek area.

Excerpt from WacoTrib
Sunday, April 06, 2008By David Doerr

About 100 concerned residents met at the Levi Water Supply Corp. office Monday to trade information about the plant and talk strategy on how to stop it — or at least prevent it from permanently marring their rural lifestyle.Charlie Montgomery, who lives on 3 acres adjacent to the 233-acre tract the city purchased to build the plant, has helped lead the opposition, although no formal organization has been established.He says residents along Bull Hide Creek are there to live the “simple life.”“You’ve got a creek running through here. It’s quiet,” he said. “You go outside and you don’t hear traffic all the time. You don’t hear a lot of things you hear in the city. You come home, and you are able to relax a lot better.”Montgomery, who works in construction, understands that development follows utility lines, so he is warning his neighbors about what might be in their future, including small-tract housing and increased traffic. www.wacotrib.com

Even though this ongoing issue doesn't directly affect the residents of Rancho Lorena, a strong and stable infrastructure that will allow the growth that is coming to the area to progress in a proper manner benefits all Lorena area residents eventually.