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Editor's note: This story has been updated to clarify the latest statistics from Kitsap Public Health District. With COVID-19 cases on a dramatic rise in Kitsap in recent weeks, the county faces the possibility of tighter restrictions and being sent back a phase in the state’s reopening plan next week. Counties must either keep new case rates below 200 cases per 100,000 residents over a two-week period or new hospitalizations below 5 per 100,000 over a one-week period to stay in Phase 3. In a statement to the Kitsap Sun on Friday, Kitsap Public Health District Administrator Keith Grellne...
250,000 gallons released from wastewater treatment plant Follow Us Question of the Day By - Associated Press - Wednesday, January 6, 2021 BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, Wash. (AP) - About 250,000 gallons of partially treated effluent was sent into Puget Sound from Bainbridge Island’s wastewater treatment plant after heavy rainfall temporarily overwhelmed the facility’s capacity. The overflow is the second such dump into the Eagle Harbor vicinity in about a week’s time, the Kitsap Sun reported. As a result of this w...
250,000 gallons released from wastewater treatment plant from Bainbridge Island By Associated Press Share: BAINBRIDGE ISLAND — About 250,000 gallons of partially treated effluent was sent into Puget Sound from Bainbridge Island’s wastewater treatment plant after heavy rainfall temporarily overwhelmed the facility’s capacity. The overflow is the second such dump into the Eagle Harbor vicinity in about a week’s time, the Kitsap Sun reported. As a result of this weekend’s spill, a no-contact advisory was issued for Eagle Harbor, the city said in an announcement Monday af...