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Council updates sewer-use ordinance and local pollutant limits to align with EPA and LA Water Board requirements
Summary
The City Council approved updates to the sewer-use ordinance and a technical local-limits study for the Hill Canyon Wastewater Treatment Plant, aligning municipal code and pollutant limits with EPA and Los Angeles Water Board guidance; the vote was 5–0 after a public hearing with no speakers.
The City Council on July 8 approved updates to Thousand Oaks’ sewer-use regulations and local discharge limits that govern what industries and businesses may send into the municipal sanitary system that flows to the Hill Canyon Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Paul Jorgensen, water-quality supervisor, told the council the sewer-use ordinance had not been updated since 2009 and the city’s local pollutant limits dated from about 1980. Federal and regional agencies recommended revisions to meet current pretreatment standards. The updates consolidate pretreatment…
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