The risk of a state-imposed regulatory moratorium on new sewer hookups by Holley-Navarre Water System is being exaggerated so the company can build a controversial wastewater treatment unit in the Williams Creek residential neighborhood.

In a move that would eliminate the need for a controversial wastewater disposal site being proposed in the Williams Creek neighborhood, Holley-Navarre Water System is exploring a deal to spread effluent on fields owned by South Santa Rosa Utility.

Tinkering with the nuts and bolts of their sales tax appeal to voters scheduled for the Aug. 30 ballot, county commissioners are trying to make it fly as they keep getting flak from the idea’s critics.

The Department of Justice, together with the Department of Education, has effectively held Title IX funding over the heads of school districts nationwide to promote third gender protections and recognitions. 

Two of Santa Rosa’s major wastewater utilities are citing state-regulated effluent treatment limits while lobbying county commissioners to grant expansion plans that face public opposition.