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Rockwood requests $1.5 million to replace 1939-era treatment equipment and avert public-health failures
Summary
Representative Thompson and Mayor Troy Cox asked for $1.5 million to modernize Rockwood’s wastewater treatment plant, citing decades-old equipment (some original to 1939), lack of regional hookup options, and the risk of sewage backups and environmental discharge if the plant fails.
Representative Thompson and Mayor Troy Cox asked the subcommittee for $1.5 million to cover equipment replacement, engineering and related costs at Rockwood’s wastewater treatment plant, which the mayor said was built in 1939 and depends on aging, failing components. Nut graf: Cox said the city serves roughly 3,000…
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