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Committee approves bill requiring large wastewater plants to post bypasses and test results online
Summary
The House Environment and Transportation Committee approved House Bill 1621 as amended, requiring wastewater treatment plants that discharge 50 million gallons per day to maintain a public website, post bypass/overflow/treatment-failure notices and begin testing within 24 hours of such events, with results posted online.
Chair Stein moved the committee to pass House Bill 1621 as amended, describing the measure’s new reporting and testing requirements: “As amended, this bill requires wastewater treatment plants that are authorized to discharge 50 million gallons of effluent per day to maintain a publicly accessible website and to publish certain information…
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