We talked with Joseph Schwall, Interim Deputy Director of Subregional Operations for the Santa Rosa Water Department at the Llano Road treatment plant to get to the bottom of rumors that raw sewage had been released from the plant in the recent storms. He said this was not at all true, and that our water was safe.Local News
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We talked with Joseph Schwall, Interim Deputy Director of Subregional Operations for the Santa Rosa Water Department at the Llano Road treatment plant to get to the bottom of rumors that raw sewage had been released from the plant in the recent storms. He said this was not at all true, and that our water was safe.
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