By Linda Callahan, Architectural Control Department Manager
HOT TUB DISCHARGE REGULATIONS THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION is to help
members understand where they can and cannot drain their hot tub water. You cannot drain your hot tub water into the landscape or lagoons. Below are the TRPA Regulations on discharge. TRPA Code 33.3.2. Discharge Prohibitions The following discharges are prohibited: A. Direct Discharge – Direct discharges to the waters of the region of solid or liquid waste materials, including soil, silt, clay, sand, or other organic or earthen materials, are prohibited unless approved by TRPA. B. Indirect Discharge – Indirect discharges to the waters of the region of solid or liquid waste materials, including soil, silt, clay, sand, or other organic or earthen materials, are prohibited unless controlled by discharge devices approved by TRPA.
TRPA CODE 60.1.3C. Prohibition of Wastewater Discharge The discharge of domestic, municipal, or industrial wastewater to Lake Tahoe, its tributaries, the ground waters of the Tahoe region, or the Truckee River within the Tahoe region, is prohibited, except for existing discharges under alternative plans for wastewater disposal authorized by state law and approved by the state agency of appropriate jurisdiction, and for catastrophic fire protection of the STPUD Luther Pass Pump Station as detailed in subparagraph 4 below. California and Nevada prohibit wastewater discharge through the enactment of the Porter-Cologne Act, and the Executive Order by the Governor of Nevada dated January 27, 1971.
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