The EPA said it had identified violations in the city and county wastewater treatment and sewer system, including lack of proper operation and maintenance that has allowed raw and partially-treated sewage to flow onto beaches into the ocean and sometimes into streets and homes.
to Gov. Gavin Newsom last week alleging that waste left by the homeless in big cities such as San Francisco and Los Angeles was being improperly handled.
San Francisco Mayor London Breed said the violation notice contains “mischaracterizations, inaccuracies and falsehoods“ and that the city’s sewer system is one of the most effective in the country. “No debris flow out into the bay or the ocean,” Breed said in a statement, adding that San Francisco has a multibillion-dollar program to upgrade its sewage treatment system.
“The same Trump EPA that is dismantling environmental protections around the country is now making fraudulent claims about San Francisco’s combined sewer system,“ state Sen. Scott Wiener said in a statement. He called the notice “a fraudulent political attack on San Francisco by a collapsing administration desperate to rile up its base.
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