Campbell water system future still uncertain after town hall

CAMPBELL

The future is still uncertain for the city of Campbell’s water treatment plant and distribution systems following a town hall meeting tonight.

City administrators called for public input into a crisis looming on the city’s future: the aging water plant and pipes servicing more than 3,000 customers needs millions of dollars of upgrades in order to remain compliant with new regulations from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.

Residents were informed that the plant’s current condition, if left unchanged, would eventually suffer a catastrophic failure. The city’s water and wastewater superintendent Joe Tovarnack presented a list of known issues facing the water department — water pipes from the turn of the 20th century, water tanks with holes rusting through and critical machinery that hasn’t been upgraded in more than 30 years, among others — and outlined four possible solutions the city could take to fix the problem.

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