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Mooresville council moves to update sewer-use ordinance after wastewater-plant chemical upset, grants president emergency procurement authority
Summary
Council described a two-month chemical upset at the municipal wastewater treatment plant that has killed treatment bacteria, approved hiring Taft Law Group to rewrite the sewer-use/pre-treatment ordinance and gave the council president authority to obligate emergency purchases while normal claims processing continues.
Council members said on Nov. 18 that Mooresville's wastewater treatment plant has experienced an unusual chemical upset for about two months that has killed the treatment bacteria and disrupted processing. The council announced staff and outside experts from Aqua Utility Services, HNTB and the Indiana Department of Environmental Management have been on site to investigate and recommend fixes.
Why it matters: Town officials said the upset threatens the plant's ability to treat incoming flows and could force repeated reseeding of biological treatment…
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