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Livingston water reclamation plant back to two basins after year‑long repairs and emergency fixes
Summary
After a basin failure last October, city crews and contractors completed repairs and cleaning at the wastewater treatment plant; staff say both biological treatment basins are now operational and discharge permits are being met.
The Livingston water reclamation facility experienced a major mechanical failure last October and staff worked for much of the ensuing year to repair and restart biological treatment basins, Water Reclamation Facility Superintendent Trace Tidwell told the commission in a technical briefing.
“We had the initial failure back when we had the initial failure based in 2,” Tidwell said, recounting the chain of events. He described an early‑November structural failure on one basin and an emerging, similar failure on the second basin that city staff worked to prevent from becoming catastrophic.
City staff said they limped the plant along in single‑basin operation while ordering parts, coordinating contractors and sourcing components from overseas and domestic…
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