Groundbreaking ceremony held for wastewater treatment facility expansion in Ashland
Ryan Shiner
ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ)
A groundbreaking ceremony was held Monday morning in Ashland for the expansion of its waste water treatment facility.
The new additional will increase the facility’s capacity from 600,000 gallons per day to 1.6 million gallons per day. It could treat up to 2.6 million gallons per day once it is fully built out, according to an April press release from the city.
The expansion could take 12-18 months, the release says. The facility was originally built in 2019 with the expansion in mind.
“I think sewer is an underappreciated infrastructure need. It is expensive. But it’s critical for economic development, for industrial, commercial growth, and housing growth too. It ultimately having the ability to connect into public sewer drives down or helps contain housing costs,” Boone County Presiding Commissioner Kip Kendrick said.