Last week the screw press was lifted into place in the new Water Recycling Plant. The screw press separates the solids from the waste water after treatment in the plant. The screw press presses the water out of the solids then the solids will be trucked to Toland Road landfill where they will be dried with landfill gas. After drying they can be used as a soil amendment.

Workers at the plant number 70 to 80 a day, according to Public Works Director Bert Rapp. “It’s just like a beehive out there.”