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Crescent City adopts final wastewater upgrade report and seeks state funding
Summary
The City Council adopted a final project report for a multi‑decade wastewater treatment-plant upgrade and approved resolutions authorizing a financial assistance application to the State Water Resources Control Board amid tighter NPDES permit limits and roughly $228,000 in accumulated violations.
Crescent City — The City Council on Oct. 6 adopted a final project report for a major upgrade to the city’s wastewater treatment plant and approved resolutions authorizing the city manager to apply for state financial assistance.
Council members voted unanimously to move the project forward after staff described regulatory pressure from a February 2024 NPDES (National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System) permit that tightened bacteria limits and left the plant with about $228,000 in violations. The state has given the city a Time Schedule Order (TSO) that provides an initial five‑year compliance window, with an anticipated extension to 10 years.
The project team, led by consultants from Jacobs and plant staff, recommended adding a second membrane bioreactor (MBR) train by repurposing one of the existing secondary clarifier structures,…
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