HELOTES, Texas — The state has approved a permit for Lennar Homes to build a wastewater plant on the northwest side for the Guajolote Ranch subdivision.

The problem about this area is that the plant would be in the Helotes Creek watershed that feeds into the Edwards Aquifer and it's continued to see a large pushback.

2.5 million people rely on the Edwards Aquifer for drinking water. The proposed Guajolote Ranch subdivision has people worried that the wastewater plant would degrade the quality of their water.

The Guajolote Ranch subdivision takes up more than 1,100 acres between Scenic Loop and Babcock Road.

Lennar Homes wants to build 2,900 new homes, but they would also have to build a wastewater plant.

If built, one million gallons of wastewater would flow into Helotes Creek every

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