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Article: United States : Corroding Williams sewage treatment plant concerns town.
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- Article date:
- November 4, 2009
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Byline: datta03
A sewage treatment plant in a small northern Minnesota town is failing and threatens to dump thousands of gallons of raw sewage into Lake of the Woods. The treatment plant is only nine years old. Replacing it will cost $1.6 million and city officials say they can't afford to fix the problem.
About 200 people live in Williams, just a few miles from Lake of the Woods. There's a gas station, a bar, a post office and a sewage treatment plant that was built in 2000.
The plant was designed to last a minimum of 40 years, but the tank that holds the raw sewage is heavily corroded and starting to leak. According to engineers, a major ...