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Defiance council approves ordinance to seek $6.13 million loan for wastewater plant upgrades
Summary
City council adopted an ordinance authorizing application for a $6,134,100 low-interest loan to fund required upgrades at the Water Pollution Control Plant, including a septic receiving facility and new headworks; council approved the measure as an emergency.
Defiance City Council on the study-session portion of its meeting authorized city staff to apply for a $6,134,100 low-interest loan to fund required upgrades at the city’s wastewater treatment plant.
City Administrator Ryan Mack and plant staff described the project as an Ohio EPA/IWIP-required upgrade. “Those upgrades will include a new septic receiving facility” and “new headworks” with finer bar screens to protect pumps and equipment, council was told.
The council’s action…
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