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The Banana Shire Council has voted to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to repair an ageing sewage treatment plant as some of its components reach the end of their life.
Taroom’s sewage treatment plant (STP) is now 50 years old and only minor upgrades, such as replacing the inlet screen, have been done throughout its lifespan.
The trickling filter is now reaching the end of its useful life, according to the council.
Director of council services Chris Welch told the ordinary council meeting on April 28 additional funding was needed to engineer the foundations correctly, due to unforeseen circumstances.