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<br />1\) <br />CJ1 <br />o <br />u, <br /> <br />c <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />unconditionally approved by EPA on October 19, 1981. <br /> <br />Included in the report is a wastewater disposal plan. On <br />August 20, 1985, the County Commissioners approved an <br />alternative to the plan which involves construction of <br /> <br />primary treatment ~acilities to handle part of the sewage <br />from the cities of Las Vegas, and North Las vegas, and the <br /> <br />county service area. When combined with sewage which has <br /> <br />been given secondary treatment at the existing 77.5 mgd <br />capacity city and county plants, the resulting effluent will <br /> <br />be routed to the Advance Wastewater Treatment plant (AWT) for <br /> <br />further treatment. The new facilities will increase the <br /> <br />average treatment capacity of the system by approximately <br /> <br /> <br />18.5 mgd. projections indicate this increased capacity will <br /> <br />be capable of treating all city and county sewage through the <br /> <br />year 1993. <br /> <br />A lawsuit brought by the cities of Las vegas and North <br /> <br />Las vegas against Clark County, the State of Nevada, and EPA <br /> <br />involved wastewater treatment at the AWT plant and water <br /> <br />quality standards in Las Vegas Wash and Lake Mead. The suit <br /> <br />resulted in a Consent Decree setting interim sewage effluent <br /> <br />limits that were less stringent than existing limits. On <br /> <br />December 19, 1982, EPA approved revised water quality <br /> <br />standards which had been adopted by the State that conformed <br /> <br />to the interim limits set by the Consent Decree. Based on <br /> <br />those new standards the Federal District Court dismissed the <br /> <br />Consent Decree. The City of Las vegas appealed that action <br /> <br />-29- <br /> <br />, <br />