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City Inside/Out Local Issues: Wastewater Woes
3/31/20174:46
Millions of gallons of raw sewage and untreated runoff poured into the Puget Sound when the West Point Wastewater Treatment Plant malfunctioned in February. Now, the sewage treatment plant - Washington state's largest - is only partially treating dirty water before discharging it into the sound. What went wrong? What's being done to fix this environmental disaster? Will taxpayers see a big rate hike? Will clear answers come from the catastrophic event?
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