The Marseilles Wastewater treatment plant is participating in a phosphorous feasibility study. Supt. Jason Rix says the plant will be figuring out the best way to remove phosphorous from untreated water before it goes into the Illinois River.
He says that the plant will have to either have a chemical treatment or do a more biological treatment.
The effluent is the water that comes out of the plant after it’s treated. Rix says the study is mandated by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
He say the plant has until 2025 to determine if another chemical would have to be put in the water to remove the phosphorous. But they have until 2035 to find out if a biological treatment would be done on the water.