That same water board made the decision in September 2002 to
implement the
”
cease and desist order
”
against new connections to the wastewater plant
– while requiring an additional $1.2 million in local
improvement projects – after 15 million gallons of treated sewage
spilled into the San Benito River bed.
HOLLISTER
As city officials have anticipated, a state water board in December is set to decide whether to lift Hollister’s 6-year-old building moratorium, and a staff member for the group has recommended in favor of doing just that.
Roger Briggs, executive director for the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board, sent his recommendation for the Dec. 5 meeting to Hollister City Hall this week. City Manager Clint Quilter released the document today in an e-mail.
“Water Board staff is confident that the new (domestic wastewater treatment plant) will provide more than adequate treatment and disposal capacity for the Discharger’s domestic requirements for the next 10 years,” reads the staff report, “and an additional five years with the expansion of the membrane biological reactor.”
That same water board made the decision in September 2002 to implement the “cease and desist order” against new connections to the wastewater plant – while ordering an additional $1.2 million in local improvement projects – after 15 million gallons of treated sewage spilled into the San Benito River bed.
State officials said the moratorium would stay active until Hollister finishes a new treatment plant to accomodate its population. City leaders expect the facility will be done in December.
