MONROE - So close, but still no cigars ... or any other garbage that gets into the water treatment stream. The municipality's old headworks - where raw sewage from all over the city comes into the wastewater treatment plant - recently lost its mechanical ability to remove gross solids collected by the initial screening grates. The building is close to being shut down; the plant is moving this initial stage of the treatment process to a brand new facility.
A year in the books: WWTP project meets challenges, makes progress

