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Tacoma sues over planned wastewater treatment requirements that could cost $1 billion
News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 3/14/2021 Alexis Krell, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
Mar. 14 Tacoma has sued the state Department of Ecology over proposed requirements for wastewater treatment plants that discharge to Puget Sound, a new regulation the city said could cost up to $1 billion to implement.
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The lawsuit is over a draft permit Ecology has developed to control excess nutrients, which the agency has said flow from those plants to Puget Sound and hurt the environment. Ecology s stated intention is that the General Permit shall apply to nearly 60 domestic wastewater treatment plants discharging into Puget Sound, the lawsuit said. Each of these plants is already required by the CWA (Clean Water Act) to discharge pursuant to an individual NPDES (National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System) permit.
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The Washington State Department of Ecology is asking for public review and comment on a draft permit aimed at better controlling nutrients that wastewater treatment plants including the City of Edmonds plant discharge directly into Puget Sound. Virtual information sessions are also scheduled this Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 9-10. (More details below.)
The Puget Sound Nutrient General Permit applies to nearly 60 treatment plants that discharge directly to Puget Sound and its estuaries. All of the facilities already have individual National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) water quality permits that include a wide range of requirements to protect water quality. However, only a few of these NPDES permits currently require nutrient controls. The new general permit will focus only on controlling nutrients and work in conjunction with the broader individual permits for each facility, the Ecology Department says.