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City staff recommends permitting a wastewater "deduct" meter for cannabis grower; outstanding allocation bill cited
Summary
Utilities staff told the council that a cannabis cultivation operation on Western Maryland Parkway captures and reuses much of its irrigation water and recommended allowing a process-dedicated meter and pretreatment permit to prevent wastewater billing on reused water.
City utilities staff briefed the mayor and council April 15 on a request from a cultivation and processing facility on Western Maryland Parkway that seeks a wastewater "deduct" meter for process water reuse.
Staff said the operator's indoor agricultural process captures and reuses a large portion of irrigation water through a closed-loop system; that reuse water is treated, analyzed for nutrient content and mixed with fresh water before reuse. The city's billing practice currently equates metered potable water use with wastewater flow for…
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