Blaine wastewater treatment is doing an outstanding job, DOE says

The Washington State Department of Ecology (DOE) awarded the Lighthouse Point Water Reclamation Facility a 2020 Wastewater Treatment Plant Outstanding Performance Award for exceptional performance. The city of Blaine held a small ceremony at the Marine Drive plant on
December 7.

Blaine’s wastewater treatment plant received the award for its effluent limits, submittals and plant compliance, according to the DOE.

“It takes diligent operators and a strong management team, working effectively together, to achieve consistent compliance,” wrote Rachel McCrea, water quality section manager for the DOE Northwest regional office, in a letter to mayor Bonnie Onyon. “It is not easy to operate a wastewater treatment plant year round without violations.”