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Friday, October 23, 2026
Courthouse News Service
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Unreviewed sewer pollutant waivers

SAN FRANCISCO — Environmentalists say California water resources boards violated environmental laws by issuing storm water pollutant discharge waivers to small municipal systems without conducting reviews of the waivers every five years, threatening the environment and public health.

Read the lawsuit here.

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