According to Iowa Administrative Code, “a transfer station shall not be located within a 100-year floodplain unless the design includes structures to prevent floodwater inundation from a 100-year flood of any area that comes into contact with solid waste or wash water.”
The three-year contract with Adams that WEMIGA now will operate under had included a 70-cent-per-month increase in the recycling fee each metered water user pays in the city. With the increase, the monthly fee is now $7.40.