Mild winter has little effect on West Plains facilities
Medical Lake's wastewater treatment and reuse facility experienced a slight increase in water flow from the mild winter and recent rainstorms.
The combination of light snowfall during the winter months and March rainstorms have had little impact on the various wastewater treatment facilities in the West Plains.
Steven Cooper manages the Medical Lake wastewater treatment and reuse facility, which collects waste and water from the Medical Lake, Lakeland Village and Eastern State Hospital. Similar to last year, Cooper said there were some increases in the water the plant collected in recent months, but not as much as it has seen in years that had a high amount of snowfall.
"We saw a little bit of an increase, about 300,000 gallons, but...
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