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Officials say new Smithfield plant would route treated effluent to Big Sioux River; residents press for permit details
Summary
City and company representatives told Crooks residents the new Smithfield plant would use updated treatment technology and piping to discharge to the Big Sioux River under a new discharge permit; residents pressed where wastewater would go and how it would be transported.
Residents asked how treated wastewater from the proposed Crooks plant would reach the river and whether the new plant would create different discharges or odors.
A company or planning representative said the existing Smithfield facility discharges to the Big Sioux River under a current permit and that the new wastewater plant would employ modern pretreatment and control technologies and pipe treated water to the same river discharge location. "The wastewater plant will be constructed... it'll still end up going to into the river," a company representative said.
City planning staff and Smithfield representatives said the new site will require a new discharge permit and that an analysis of location and routing would be completed as part of that permitting. Staff noted Smithfield has invested in treatment technology at its current site (an investment attendees cited as approximately $45 million) and said the new facility would use updated systems and a piping network to reach the discharge point.
