They do - this expands those regulations (which have exceptions for discharge of treated sewage) into a full-blown "no discharge zone" (NDZ), where even treated

They do - this expands those regulations (which have exceptions for discharge of treated sewage) into a full-blown "no discharge zone" (NDZ), where even treated effluent can't be dumped. As I understand it, the federal regulations reference distance from land - and the Puget Sound is really more of a sea than an open coastline. The previous regulation was something like being 3 miles away from land to dump untreated sewage. https://www.marineinsight.com/tech/sewage-treatment-plant/ https://www.marineinsight.com/tech/sewage-treatment-plant/ https://ecology.wa.gov/Water-Shorelines/Puget-Sound/No-discharge-zone https://ecology.wa.gov/Water-Shorelines/Puget-Sound/No-disch...