[E-updates] Public meeting kicks off water reclamation facility

[Lisa Patterson]

NEWS RELEASE

City of Lawrence, Kansas

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2005

 

CONTACT: Debbie Van Saun, assistant city manager, (785) 832-3400

 

Public meeting kicks off water reclamation facility

 

(LAWRENCE, KS) - The first of three meetings over a period of eighteen months to solicit public input regarding a new water reclamation facility south of Lawrence will be at 7 p.m. November 3 in the auditorium at South Junior High School, 2734 Louisiana.  The City invites you to attend.

 

City and consulting staff will be on hand to provide a general overview of wastewater treatment processes; why a new facility is warranted; and what will be considered in identifying its location.  Attendees will be asked to share their ideas on what's important to them in selecting a location for the facility and give input on the types of activities and land uses they would prefer to see surrounding it.

 

The project is in response to the recommendations of Lawrence's 2003 Wastewater Master Plan.  This plan evaluated projected growth and the impact that growth would have on the wastewater collection and treatment systems. In considering the current level of wastewater flows being treated, how much that amount would increase, how the wastewater could be transported and treated, changes in State and Federal requirements, and that the existing plant is nearing capacity, it was recommended that a second water reclamation facility be constructed.  

 

For more information regarding the meeting or the project, contact Debbie Van Saun at (785) 832-3400.

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Lisa K. Patterson

Communications Manager

City of Lawrence

PO Box 708

Lawrence, KS 66044

(785) 832-3406

fax (785) 832-3405

lpatterson at ci.lawrence.ks.us

http://www.lawrenceks.org

 

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