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Councilors raise costs, power and staffing concerns as study considers converting membrane plant to conventional treatment
Summary
Committee and council members discussed long-standing problems with the village's membrane wastewater plant, including high capital costs, energy intensity, and operator staffing and licensing; staff said a study will evaluate converting to conventional treatment as EPA compliance and cost drivers demand action.
Council members and staff focused on the village’s wastewater treatment plant during the service discussion, highlighting operational costs, past borrowing and a pending technical study to consider converting the current membrane system to a conventional treatment process.
A council member said the membrane plant was an “experimental” investment that cost about $7 million and “never really worked properly,” and said prior decision‑makers had not chosen the…
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