The City of Muskogee heard its 2025 industrial pretreatment program performance summary on Nov. 3.

Abigail Wright, the environmental technician who oversees the program, told the committee the city27s pretreatment program regulates industrial wastewater discharges to protect the municipal wastewater treatment plant. The program monitors metals such as arsenic, zinc, cadmium and chromium and other regulated pollutants including oil and grease and cyanide.

Wright said the city27s list of significant industrial users rose from nine to 10 during the reporting year after a new division laundry opened and received a permit. The program issued four notices of violation, including two pH violations that were later resampled and found in compliance. Wright said the city is required by federal regulations to publish any industry in significant noncompliance.

She said one facility was listed as being in significant noncompliance this year: Jack C. Montgomery Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Wright said the VA was listed for failing to submit a required report within 45 days of the due date; she reported staff at the VA were working on submitting the report and no further council action was requested.

No committee action was required.