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Municipal Sewer Sytems

  • Municipal Discharge Permit Changes - The City of Lynden and the City of Everson had their NPDES (National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System) permits reviewed and revised in 2001. When the final review is complete, both cities will have a discharge limit for fecal coliforms of 28 CFU/100mL (CFU=colony forming unit), a drop from the 200 CFU/100mL that their permits previously allowed. The City of Ferndale will see the same reduction in fecal coliform levels when their NPDES permit comes up for review/revision in 2002.

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