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Nogales council pauses decision on cityseptic dumping after state and international regulators raise sampling requirements
Summary
The Nogales City Council debated whether the city should continue accepting hauled septic waste after ADEQ and IBWC draft permit language would require sampling for every discharge, increased reporting, and potential pretreatment obligations.
The Nogales City Council debated whether the city should continue to accept hauled septic waste after regulators proposed new sampling and reporting requirements that could increase city administrative and testing costs.
City management said draft conditions from the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) and the International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC) would require sampling and more detailed tracking of hauled waste. "The city shall sample and analyze each discharge of hauled waste at the point of discharge," the city attorney and staff summarized from ADEQdraft language provided to councilors during the meeting.
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