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Lake Wales officials review FDEP-requested edits to city wastewater pretreatment ordinance
Summary
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 pretreatment ordinance in 2022 and submitted it to FDEP for review; the current ordinance on the agenda would adjust terminology and reporting references to match FDEP preferences. "[FDEP] wanted us to change a few things, and it was basically just different wording," Kirkland said, citing an example of replacing the term "non significant user" with "non permitted user."
The item was listed on the agenda as ordinance 2025-2, second reading and public hearing. The transcript records explanation and discussion but does not record a motion, vote tally, or final disposition during the excerpts provided.
Why it matters: Pretreatment ordinances set local rules for how industrial or nonresidential dischargers must treat wastewater before sending it to the municipal system. Updating local ordinance language to match state agency guidance is typically required for permit compliance and reporting.
Details recorded in the meeting: Kirkland traced the sequence—permit renewal, FDEP review, FDEP requested wording and reporting changes, and the proposed ordinance would make those corrections. The transcript does not record further substantive debate, conditions, or a vote in the provided excerpt.
Next steps: The agenda showed this matter as a second-reading public hearing (ordinance 2025-2). The transcript did not record the hearing outcome or adoption; that outcome is not specified in the provided record.
