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Council approves penalty‑offset project after wastewater permit exceedances

Saint Helena City Council · November 19, 2025
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Summary

The council approved a staff resolution to address multiple wastewater permit exceedances by funding a pipe rehabilitation project with a portion of the State Water Resources Control Board penalty; the plan targets inflow/infiltration reductions near Sulphur Creek.

The City Council approved staff’s recommendation to direct a portion of State Water Resources Control Board penalties toward a collection-system rehabilitation project after the city’s wastewater treatment plant recorded multiple permit exceedances. Public Works staff explained that the plant’s dry‑weather average flow is roughly 500,000 gallons per day but that infiltration and storm-related inflow can spike…

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