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Engineers report progress on North wastewater plant; council asks staff to study odor controls for existing lagoon system
Summary
Dunaway engineers reported a range of development and infrastructure projects including a 750,000-gallon-per-day north wastewater plant expected online next year; councilors pressed for solutions to recurring odor complaints and asked staff to return with cost options for retrofit measures.
City engineers updated the council on active projects and timelines and fielded questions about recurring odor complaints tied to the existing lagoon system.
Jacob Dupree of Dunaway outlined development review items (FM 1777 retail center, 610 East Cook Street strip center), noted the developer's decision to retain a detention pond after feasibility review, and summarized work on Josie Lakeside District in a floodplain that requires FEMA CLO/LOMR coordination.
On wastewater, staff said the planned north treatment plant has design treatment capacity of about "750,000 gallons per day" and sits on roughly "7 to 8 acres" in current planning. Dupree and staff said the contractor expects substantial completion by the end of the year and operational transfer early next year if no major delays occur.
Councilors pressed staff about frequent odor complaints from the existing lagoon system. Dupree said odor-control features are included in the new plant (lift-station charcoal/air filters and reduced belt-press sludge processing) but no active odor-control retrofit is planned for the existing plant before it is taken out of service. "We can certainly look into it," an engineer told the council; members asked that the matter appear on a future agenda with cost estimates.
What happens next: staff will return with proposals and cost estimates for odor-control options for the existing lagoon system and continue monitoring the north-plant completion schedule.
