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The Snyderville Basin Water Reclamation District filters nearly everything out of the water coming from area residents’ toilets and drains.
The debris comes in all shapes and sizes and includes phosphorus, pharmaceuticals and microplastics.
“We are able to provide the high-level treatment because we use very sophisticated equipment that is sourced worldwide,” reclamation district General Manager Mike Luers said on KPCW’s “Local News Hour” May 28.
And that means President Donald Trump’s tariffs are top-of-mind.
A $6,400 piece of odor control equipment was in transit from Canada when tariffs went into place, and the wastewater district paid a $1,550 tariff on it, Luers said.
Read more at kpcw.org.
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