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City of Yankton to Soon Consider Major Wastewater Plant Upgrade

City of Yankton to Soon Consider Major Wastewater Plant Upgrade

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Even as construction continues on a thirty-million-dollar upgrade to the water treatment plant, Yankton city officials are looking at a major rebuild of the wastewater treatment plant.
City Manager Amy Nelson says they will soon begin laying out the scope of the needed work…..

Nelson says they may also ask for a hike in wastewater rates before they get into the design phase……

Nelson says it will be another large project for city government…..

While the water treatment plant is a thirty-million-dollar project, Nelson says they don’t have cost projections on the wastewater plant yet.

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