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City staff warn of large wastewater upgrades, PFAS rules and potential rate increases after draft NPDES permit
Summary
City staff briefed the council on a draft NPDES permit, a pending shift away from land application of Class B biosolids, PFAS regulatory uncertainty, master-plan capital estimates of roughly $70 million and the need to consider incremental wastewater rate adjustments.
City wastewater staff and the city manager briefed the Lebanon City Council on July 23 about a newly issued draft NPDES (National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System) permit, regulatory developments around PFAS/PFOS and biosolids, a draft master plan, and potential capital and operating impacts on the wastewater utility.
“Thanks, Ron. Mister mayor, members council, thanks for listening to us today. This might not be the funnest subject we'll ever talk about, but it's definitely necessary,” Jason Williams, a city staff presenter, told the council during the work session.
Staff said the city received an agency-review draft of the NPDES permit and requested an extension of the comment period to Aug. 22; the permit will then go to public comment. The current permit in use expired in February 2004, staff said. The draft permit includes new and tighter monitoring and sampling requirements that would increase laboratory work and staffing needs if adopted.
A central issue staff raised is biosolids handling. Staff described industry and regulator…
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