Akron officials, residents call on US EPA to halt $209 million wastewater project ideastream.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ideastream.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
U S EPA says Akron must build a $209M water treatment plant City officials say it s not worth it ideastream.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ideastream.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Akron has filed a formal dispute with the EPA with a proposal to eliminate the need to build an 'expensive and unnecessary' Enhanced High-Rate Treatment Facility.'
Having already spent $1 billion on sewer improvements demanded by the feds, Akron Mayor Dan Horrigan is drawing the line at spending another $200 million on what he says would be an ugly piece of infrastructure that is not needed.