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Lebanon officials say treated effluent will be returned to Eagle Creek, dispute social-media claims
Summary
Lebanon Mayor Matt Gentry and utilities officials pushed back on social-media rumors that the city will send "raw sewage" to Eagle Creek, explaining the effluent will be treated, monitored under EPA/IDEM rules and tested at the point of entry to protect the reservoir and aquatic life.
Mayor Matt Gentry and Lebanon utilities officials used a city podcast to dispute social-media claims that the city will discharge "raw sewage" into Eagle Creek and to explain how treated effluent will be managed.
"You could literally drink the water coming out of our wastewater treatment plant," Mayor Matt Gentry said, describing the level of treatment the plant achieves while acknowledging the discharge may be warm. Lebanon Utilities General Manager Ed Baskill described the…
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