The San Francisco Bay Water Board recently announced new permitting regulations aimed at reducing nutrient loads, such as nitrogen, from roughly three dozen wastewater treatment plants around the bay. The initiative seeks to mitigate the propagation of harmful algae blooms exacerbated by climate change.
The necessary upgrades to treatment plants are projected to cost around $11 billion, marking it as one of the most significant decisions by the board since the Clean Water Act of the 1970s. Some facilities, like Palo Alto's, have already initiated infrastructure improvements.
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