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Resident warns council the sewage treatment plant discharge could pose nitrate risk to local wells
Summary
Resident Scott Levine told the council he is concerned about a planned effluent discharge adjacent to the sewage plant, warning nitrates could reach the drinking aquifer and urging the city to further treat effluent before surface discharge.
Scott Levine, a long‑time Wasilla resident, told the council during public participation that he is “by no means an expert” but is concerned about a city project to discharge treated effluent onto the swamp next to the sewage treatment plant.
Levine told the council he has lived on the bluff southwest of the plant for 30 years and said his well hit water at about 85 feet. He said the city is pursuing a project to discharge “a half a 1000000 gallons of effluent…
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