The Washington Department of Ecology has fined the city of Everett after millions of gallons of incompletely treated wastewater was discharged into the Snohomish River in June.
Over a 19-hour period between June 4 and 5, a malfunctioning pump at the city of Everett’s wastewater treatment facility allowed 9.9 million gallons of incompletely treated wastewater to flow into the Snohomish River.
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According to the Department of Ecology, a pump that was supposed to inject sodium hypochlorite to disinfect the wastewater malfunctioned, allowing the untreated water to discharge from the facility.
The issue was similar to another malfunction, which the
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