City opts for $59 million mechanical wastewater treatment plant
ALL SLUDGED UP--Troy Luedeker, Parkhill engineer, uses large display placards that illustrate the sludge-impaired nature of lagoons at the present-day Hereford Wastewater Treatment Plant during the March 2 City Commission meeting. Luedeker explained the city would incur huge expense clearing out and disposing of the sludge, only to incur the same problem again down the road. (Photo by Jim Steiert
GIVING TREATMENT OPTIONS--Daniel Albus, a Parkhill water treatment expert, outlines water treatment plan options for city commissioners at their March 2 regular meeting. (Photo by Jim Steiert)
In what could prove an historic move in the realm of water and recyclable water policy, a two-member short Hereford City Commission authorized City Manager Ryan Polster to pursue a $59 million mechanical wastewater treatment facility for Hereford.
Commissioners James Stow and Mark Collier were absent.
The mechanical treatment rather than rehabilitating the current faltering aerated lagoon system con…
