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Committee flags harmful algal blooms in Chuck Slough; seeks broader review of water wholesaling and septic links
Summary
Committee members raised concerns that wholesale water sold by the city to areas without sewer (e.g., Saringa Heights) may return as septic effluent to groundwater and sloughs, contributing nutrients that fuel harmful algal blooms; members proposed bringing the issue back as an April agenda item and exploring university and multi-jurisdictional study options.
At roundtable, a committee member raised concerns about harmful algal blooms in Chuck Slough and asked whether the city's practice of wholesaling treated drinking water to nearby districts without sewer service could be contributing nutrients to local sloughs via septic discharge.
A member explained the pathway: treated water pumped to outside areas is used in homes, becomes wastewater that goes to septic drainfields and groundwater, and then discharges…
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