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The Everett Water Pollution Control Facility is a
Fact Sheet for NPDES Permit WA0024490
The Everett Water Pollution Control Facility is a wastewater treatment
Wastewater treatment is a process used to remove contaminants from wastewater and convert it into an effluent that can be returned to the water cycle. Once returned to the water cycle, the effluent creates an acceptable impact on the environme ...
plant in Everett, Washington
Everett is the county seat and largest city of Snohomish County, Washington, United States. It is north of Seattle and is one of the main cities in the metropolitan area and the Puget Sound region. Everett is the seventh-largest city in the ...
, United States. It serves the city of Everett and discharges treated water into the Snohomish River
The Snohomish River is a river in Snohomish County, Washington, formed by the confluence of the Skykomish and Snoqualmie rivers near Monroe. It flows northwest entering Port Gardner Bay, part of Puget Sound, between Everett and Marysville. ...
. The facility is located at the south end of Smith Island, adjacent to Interstate 5
Interstate 5 (I-5) is the main north–south Interstate Highway on the West Coast of the United States, running largely parallel to the Pacific coast of the contiguous U.S. from Mexico to Canada. It travels through the states of Calif ...
and Spencer Island Regional Park, a noted birdwatching spot.
The lagoon system was built in the 1960s and covers . A mechanical treatment plant was opened in 1991 to accelerate water cleaning. Both systems were expanded in 2005–2007 to treat a combined of wastewater per day. The expansion also included measures to reduce foul odors from the plant, including lids on processing tanks and bio filters.
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Further reading
Fact Sheet for NPDES Permit WA0024490
Washington State Department of Ecology
The Washington State Department of Ecology (sometimes referred to simply as "Ecology") is the state of Washington's environmental regulatory agency. Created in February 1970, it was the first environmental regulation agency in the U.S. predating t ...
, 2015
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