Sewage Spill

Escondido, CA: (Oct-03-07) The San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board brought charges against Escondido, over a series of sewage spills and discharging improperly treated sewage. The city claimed that its failure to properly treat sewage during a six-week period in 2004 resulted from illegal dumping of toxic chemicals by a golf-club manufacturer that killed off bacteria at its Hale Avenue plant. Facing fines totaling $1.8 million, Escondido reached a settlement with the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board in October 2006. In addition to paying $690,000, it agreed to complete two technical studies about sewage treatment capacity at its Hale Avenue Resource Recovery Facility. Those studies were valued at about $462,000. Two environmental groups, however, petitioned the state water board for a review of the settlement. In a final consensus, sources state that the fine will remain the original $1.8 million. [UNION TRIBUNE: SEWAGE SPILLS]

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Published on Oct-4-07