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Livingston officials praise wastewater team after mechanical failure, say effluent remained in permit
Summary
City staff detailed an October mechanical failure at the Livingston Water Reclamation Facility, the multi‑week recovery and repairs, and steps taken to improve reliability and effluent quality.
City officials on Tuesday heard a detailed account of an October 2024 mechanical failure at the Livingston Water Reclamation Facility and were told plant staff kept treated effluent within permit limits while restoring full operations.
The update, delivered by wastewater staff and city management, described a broken decanter arm and mixer that forced the plant into single‑basin operation, a labor‑intensive solids removal effort, supply and shipping delays for replacement parts, and steps taken to strengthen mounts and aeration piping. City officials said the plant’s effluent quality has improved since repairs and that staff purposefully seeded the basin with high‑quality sludge to restore biology before returning to normal operations.
The work mattered, officials said, because treated water from the plant discharges to the Yellowstone River downstream from other communities and must meet…
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