CHUGWATER – The first water department report to the newly installed Chugwater town council highlighted the urgency of needing to address a long-standing Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) …
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CHUGWATER – The first water department report to the newly installed Chugwater town council highlighted the urgency of needing to address a long-standing Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) violation.
Maintenance supervisor Pete Delgado told the council there is an EPA violation on the books from a 2021 EPA survey. The survey is conducted every three years, and the 2024 survey recently conducted highlighted the town was still out of compliance.
The town’s engineer, Coby Romig of the JEO Consulting Group, gave an estimated cost of $7,000 for the engineering work needed to satisfy the requirements to obtain a permit from the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality. Delgado said he has already constructed the down draft vent to the specifications needed for water tank no. 2, but the DEQ permit is needed before it can be installed. Delgado added, he’s been working with the EPA to “buy some time to fix it” before the EPA exercises its authority to fine the town $69,733.00 per day for the violation.