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Sitka faces federally driven wastewater disinfection project with $2.6 million match risk
Summary
Staff told the assembly an unfunded federal wastewater disinfection requirement will likely require the city to add a disinfection system to its wastewater treatment plant; a congressional funding line could reduce costs but would still require a local match roughly estimated at $2.6 million.
City staff told the assembly that a new permit requires additional disinfection of effluent before discharge, a change that staff described as an unfunded federal requirement the city must meet.
"There's a funded mandate for additional disinfection of the effluent before it is basically released back into the ocean. That is a…
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