CA city permit meets drinking water standards, but not salinity limits
The City of Tracy, CA is expected to get its state water quality permit despite its failure to meet state salinity discharge limits, the Tracy Press reported May 3. Dispensation was granted reflecting the fact that the intake levels exceed the discharge standard. The City is actually discharging water back to the river which meets all state drinking water standards and is cleaner than the river itself. Like most online news stories, this invited comments. Chimed in "bob owens":
What people tend to forget is that once salt is separated from water, whether it's fresh or wastewater effluent, it has to be disposed somewhere. However, once it's a separate stream by itself, everyone treats it like they treat sludge (not in my backyard). So what's an easy answer to reducing salt. There is none!
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