Wastewater Treatment Plant Permit Compliance

At a glance

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• What: the wastewater treatment plant has missed its discharge permit limits (30 milligrams per liter each for BOD and suspended solids) in nine months this year, since the 85 million dollar capital project began in October 2024. September averaged 44 and 41; July had been 92 and 73.
• Where it stands: the incinerator returned online in early September, a second swing pump and centrifuge are being added for redundancy, and five of ten primary clarifier bays work (seven once clarifier C returns). The operator expects compliance by late October or November. The commission sent a concern letter September 3, met the operator September 16, and got a written response with a schedule September 25; a commissioner asked for copies of the letters.

Sources

• 2026-10-19 - Water and Sewer Commission

Log

• 2026-10-19 - Water and Sewer Commission - Update heard; operator targets compliance by late October or November.