Friday, November 21, 2008 East Central Illinois

Paxton to buy equipment for sewage plant

By Carol Thilmony
Tuesday, June 10, 2008 12:23 PM CDT

PAXTON – The Paxton City Council agreed Monday night to spend up to $15,000 on a system that will deal with waste solids from the sewage treatment plant.

Water Department Superintendent Randy Haack told the council that the state environmental agency wants the city to have a secondary treatment plan in addition to the present method of emptying the sewer lagoons, hauling the wastewater and spreading it on farmland.

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