The US Economic Development Administration is giving the City of Yankton a six point four-million-dollar grant for repairs and upgrades to the wastewater treatment system.

City Environmental Services Director Kyle Goodmanson says they have been working on the project for quite a while…

The wastewater treatment plant was damaged in last years flooding. Goodmanson says they have been doing the repair work in stages…

Goodmanson says the entire project will take several years…

The federal grant will be matched with one point six million dollars in state and local funds.