HB1678 establishes a fee on untreated sewage discharges into Puget Sound to fund wastewater treatment infrastructure improvements for salmon recovery.

HB1678 creates a fee on discharges of untreated sewage into Puget Sound to support enhanced wastewater treatment infrastructure. The bill establishes the enhanced wastewater treatment infrastructure for salmon recovery account to collect fees from municipal wastewater treatment plants and combined sewer overflow systems. Funds from the fees will be used to make grants to municipalities for wastewater treatment infrastructure projects that remove excess nutrients from discharges to Puget Sound. The fee is set at 10 cents per gallon of discharge contaminated by untreated sewage.

HB1678 establishes a fee on untreated sewage discharges into Puget Sound to fund wastewater treatment infrastructure improvements for salmon recovery.

HB1678 creates a fee on discharges of untreated sewage into Puget Sound to support enhanced wastewater treatment infrastructure. The bill establishes the enhanced wastewater treatment infrastructure for salmon recovery account to collect fees from municipal wastewater treatment plants and combined sewer overflow systems. Funds from the fees will be used to make grants to municipalities for wastewater treatment infrastructure projects that remove excess nutrients from discharges to Puget Sound. The fee is set at 10 cents per gallon of discharge contaminated by untreated sewage.