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Lake Wales officials review FDEP-requested edits to city wastewater pretreatment ordinance

3858178 · March 26, 2025
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Public works director said the second-reading ordinance updates the city's pretreatment ordinance to reflect wording and reporting changes requested by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection; second-reading public hearing was noted but no vote was recorded in the transcript.

City of Lake Wales Public Works Director Sarah Kirkland told commissioners the city is proposing minor language changes to its pretreatment ordinance to satisfy requests from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP).

The changes, Kirkland said during a work session discussion, stem from the city's wastewater-treatment-plant permit renewal, under which FDEP required the city to adopt a pretreatment ordinance. The commission approved a…

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