Modesto Dumping Partially Treated Wastewater Into San Joaquin River

MODESTO (CBS13) — The white bubbles in a holding pond at the Modesto Waste Water Treatment Plant on Jennings Road, marks the exact spot where millions of gallons of partially treated wastewater are being dumped into the San Joaquin River on Thursday afternoon. It is not what the city of Modesto wants to do. They say it is what they have to do.
“You have to do what you have to do to protect your infrastructure,” explained Larry Parlin, director of utilities for the City of Modes