SYRACUSE — Robin Merchant, public works superintendent, gave the Syracuse Town Council a detailed update on the wastewater treatment plant project during the council’s regular monthly meeting Tuesday night, Dec. 15. The sludge holding tank has been poured and should be backfilled next week. Merchant has been working on reducing the cost of transporting sludge …read more.

WOLCOTTVILLE — The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) is monitoring chemicals that were accidentally discharged into the north branch of the Elkhart River from the Wolcottville Wastewater Treatment Plant. It is estimated that approximately 1,200 to 1,400 gallons of ferric chloride was released inside the plant and an unknown amount made it into the …read more.

A bio tower shut down years ago, and in the process of being torn down, caught fire mid-afternoon today in Ligonier. According to WSBT.com a type of plastic pellet being used in the demolition caught on fire. Mayor Patty Fisel told reporters from WSBT.com the fire started around 2:30 p.m. at the city’s wastewater treatment …read more.

North Webster Town Council approved an emergency pay out project to replace a volute pump at the north shore sewage station in Epworth Forest at the Tuesday evening meeting at the North Webster Community Center. While Epworth Forest is not in the town limits, the sewage system serving the area belongs to the town. By …read more.

Lakeland Regional Sewer District opened bids Thursday evening at the North Webster Community Center for construction of the wastewater treatment plant and section C of the wastewater collection system. Casey Erwin of DLZ Architects, Engineers, Planners, Surveyors, which drew the engineering plans for the project, read the bids. Board President John Haney then made a …read more.

Syracuse Town Council adopted a sewer rate ordinance after a public hearing as part of its regular monthly meeting Tuesday night. During the hearing, resident Sharon Fowler asked for what purpose the town is raising sewer rates. Council president Brian Woody explained the wastewater treatment plant is 28 years old, sewer rates haven’t been raised …read more.

North Webster Town Council moved one step closer to obtaining a grant to assist with bringing the current wastewater treatment plant and sewer system in compliance with the Indiana Department of Environmental Management’s required standards. The second hearing was held last night for the $450,000 grant application to the Indiana Office of Community and Rural …read more.

Demolition of the city’s old wastewater treatment plant will soon begin after the Warsaw Board of Public Works and Safety accepted a bid this morning. Four bids for the project were opened at the board’s Aug. 16 meeting and a fifth, submitted by Sabre Demolition of New York, was returned because it had not been …read more.