Paul Trissel
26:04 - 26:32
"So in 2000— or 2025, they gave us 5 years to fix it, or this notice of violation is not just a notice of violation that's on a piece of paper, that goes into the fine stage, and that's daily. And we're not shutting the wastewater treatment plant down. It's going to be hard to get everybody to stop flushing the toilet."
“So in 2000— or 2025, they gave us 5 years to fix it, or this notice of violation is not just a notice of violation that's on a piece of paper, that goes into the fine stage, and that's daily. And we're not shutting the wastewater treatment plant down. It's going to be hard to get everybody to stop flushing the toilet.”
- Speaker
- Paul Trissel
- Timestamp
- 26:04 – 26:32
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- North Pole
- Captured at
- October 29, 2026
From the transcript
So in 2000— or 2025, they gave us 5 years to fix it, or this notice of violation is not just a notice of violation that's on a piece of paper, that goes into the fine stage, and that's daily. And we're not shutting the wastewater treatment plant down. It's going to be hard to get everybody to stop flushing the toilet. So right now we have, uh, partnered with RESPEC. Stantec is who we were using before.
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