The new water treatment plant in Yankton is operating and will soon be added to the system.

Community and Economic Development Director Dave Mingo says it will be a gradual process….

Mingo says they expect calls about the taste of the water…

The water system has had violation notices for high levels of THM’s, a by product of the purification process. Mingo says they new plant should reduce those significantly…

The water plant project took about two and a half years at a cost of about thirty three million dollars.