The communities – Haines, Skagway, Sitka, Wrangell, Ketchikan and Petersburg – must make improvements to reduce what are deemed to be overly high levels of fecal coliform and enterococcus bacteria that are being discharged into marine waters, under terms of the renewed...
Six Southeast Alaska communities are getting renewed wastewater discharge permits that require better controls of bacteria flowing into the receiving waters, the U.S. Environment al Protection Agency
The Haines, Skagway, Sitka and Wrangell permits were issued on Thursday, while the Ketchikan and Petersburg permits are expected to be issued in early 2025. There are only 24 communities in the United States that are allowed waivers from the Clean Water Act’s requirement of at least secondary treatment of wastewater, according to the EPA. Nine of those communities are in Alaska, according to the agency. Those exemptions are allowed only for systems that discharge into saltwater environments, according to the agency.
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