The company behind a luxury resort and residential project near Healdsburg is facing a $6.4 million fine over dozens of alleged water quality violations involving streams that feed into the Russian River, according to state water officials.

Sonoma Luxury Resort LLC, the company behind the Montage Healdsburg resort — formerly called Saggio Hills — is alleged to have violated state and federal water rules 38 times in 2018 and 2019 and to have discharged “9.4 million gallons of highly turbid water into Russian River tributaries,” according to officials with the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board.

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.