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Report: Some Idaho wastewater treatment plants violating pollution discharge limits

| September 6, 2025 1:00 AM

The Idaho Conservation League’s eighth annual study of Idaho’s wastewater treatment plants found in 2024 just over half of plants failed to comply with Clean Water Act permits for the discharge of harmful bacteria, chemicals, toxic metals and other substances. 

During 2024, there were 474 violations of the Clean Water Act among wastewater treatment plants in Idaho, according to a press release.

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