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Millbrae disputes claims of sewage infractions

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on October 27, 2009 at 6:36 am

From the Contra Costa Times:

“City officials have come out swinging against a legal action by an environmental group accusing the city of sewage spills and other infractions in violation of the federal Clean Water Act. Millbrae Public Works Director Ron Popp issued a press release Friday answering to a notice of intent to file suit under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. The potential lawsuit was initiated in early October by San Francisco Baykeeper, a nonprofit that has used similar tactics to force other Peninsula cities to improve their sewage systems and stop dumping sewage into the Bay.

Baykeeper’s letter outlined more than 6,500 violations of various types between September 2004 and July 2009, including sewage overflows that entered the storm-drain system during storms and many effluent violations at the city’s sewage treatment plant, where many sewage byproducts were allegedly released into the Bay 490 times. Most of the other alleged infractions also took place at the sewage plant and point to a failure to test outgoing treated sewage and report problems when they occurred. …”

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October 27, 2009 · Filed Under Bay Area

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