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Public works warns of new wastewater permit requirements; Ferry Street Bridge water main installed
Summary
Public works reported the city’s SPDES permit review could require new monitoring and a dechlorination system, that staff located and dye‑tested the wastewater outfall, and that the Ferry Street Bridge water main and other DRI infrastructure work are near completion.
Rob, representing the city’s public works function, briefed councilors on wastewater, water and public‑works projects during the May 12 informal meeting.
He said the state’s draft SPDES (wastewater) permit contains more monitoring requirements and emerging contaminant testing that will increase laboratory work and costs. “We probably will have to add a dechlorination system at the end of the treatment process, which is going to be very costly,” he said.
Rob said staff went out to locate the city’s…
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