Mahoning commissioners approve final phase of Boardman sewage plant upgrade
YOUNGSTOWN
The Mahoning County commissioners have approved a $159,010 consulting engineering agreement with URS Corp. of Akron for the third and final phase of an upgrade to the Boardman sewage-treatment plant on East Parkside Drive.
The upgrade and expansion is being performed in preparation for the closing of the New Middletown sewage-treatment plant, which must shut down by June 2016 because of an Ohio Environmental Protection Agency order.
The EPA says Honey Creek has insufficient water flow to continue accepting the effluent discharged by the New Middletown plant.
When the New Middletown plant closes, all of the sewage flow now going to it will be pumped to the Boardman plant, which discharges its effluent into Mill Creek.
Read more about the situation in Saturday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.