The public comment period ends today for renewal of a permit to discharge wastewater containing high levels of fecal bacteria — up to 90 million gallons of it, daily — from the city’s Sand Island Wastewater Treatment Plant into Mamala Bay. The wastewater treatment, known to violate Environment al Protection Agency standards, is subject to a consent decree, but the deadline for upgrades — an expensive proposition — is 2038. ...read more read less