New Transfer Station and Wastewater Treatment Plant

May 23, 2016

Ribbon cutting events are held at the city of Cape Girardeau's new transfer station and wastewater treatment plant Monday, May 23, 2016 in Cape Girardeau.

Fred Lynch

Andrew Maurer, wastewater pre-treatment coordinator, explains the stages of the treatment process Monday, May 23, 2016 at the new wastewater treatment plant in Cape Girardeau.

The truck scale is seen during a tour of the new solid-waste transfer station Monday, May 23, 2016 in Cape Girardeau.

Visitors tour the new solid-waste transfer station Monday, May 23, 2016 in Cape Girardeau.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Mike Tripp, solid-waste superintendent, leads a tour of the new solid-waste transfer station Monday, May 23, 2016 in Cape Girardeau.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Visitors view the loading pit at the new solid-waste transfer station Monday, May 23, 2016 in Cape Girardeau.

Mike Tripp, solid-waste superintendent, shows the break room at new solid-waste transfer station Monday, May 23, 2016 in Cape Girardeau.

Visitors pose for a photo on the scale at the new solid-waste transfer station Monday, May 23, 2016 in Cape Girardeau.

The new wastewater treatment plant is seen Monday, May 23, 2016 in Cape Girardeau.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Andrew Maurer, wastewater pre-treatment coordinator, does a biochemical oxygen demand test Monday, May 23, 2016 at the new wastewater treatment plant in Cape Girardeau.

The dedication of the new wastewater treatment facility Monday, May 23, 2016 in Cape Girardeau.

City Manager Scott Meyer speaks at the dedication of the new wastewater treatment facility Monday, May 23, 2016 in Cape Girardeau.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Mayor Harry Rediger speaks at the dedication of the new solid-waste transfer station with city manager Scott Meyer, left, mayor pro-tem Victor Gunn and Steve Cook, public works director, Monday, May 23, 2016 in Cape Girardeau.

PK Mathai of Jacobs Engineering speaks at the dedication of the new wastewater treatment facility Monday, May 23, 2016 in Cape Girardeau.

Public works director Steve Cook cuts the ribbon at the new wastewater treatment facility Monday, May 23, 2016 in Cape Girardeau. From left are Tom Hustler, KCI Construction; deputy city manager Molly Hood, chief wastewater operator Quentin Overbeck, wastewater plant manager Todd Fulton, PK Mathai of Jacobs Engineering, Cook, Mayor Harry Rediger, public works assistant director Stan Polivick, Mayor Pro-Tem Victor Gunn and City Manager Scott Meyer.

Todd Fulton, wastewater plant manager, leads a tour of the new wastewater treatment facility Monday, May 23, 2016 in Cape Girardeau.

Aquarium fish are displayed in treated wastewater at the new wastewater treatment facility Monday, May 23, 2016 in Cape Girardeau.

Todd Fulton, wastewater plant manager, explains the quarter-inch bar screen in the headworks station on a tour of the new wastewater treatment facility Monday, May 23, 2016 in Cape Girardeau.

Visitors tour the new wastewater treatment facility Monday, May 23, 2016 in Cape Girardeau.

Visitors tour the sequencing batch reactor basins Monday, May 23, 2016 at the new wastewater treatment plant in Cape Girardeau.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Todd Fulton, wastewater plant manager, leads a tour of the sequencing batch reactor basins Monday, May 23, 2016 at the new wastewater treatment plant in Cape Girardeau.

Bruce SoRelle of Andritz Separation shows the biosolids processing stage at the new wastewater treatment facility Monday, May 23, 2016 in Cape Girardeau.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Biosolids pellets are shown on the tour of the new wastewater treatment plant Monday, May 23, 2016 in Cape Girardeau.

Mayor Harry Rediger speaks at the dedication of the new solid-waste transfer station Monday, May 23, 2016 in Cape Girardeau.

Bob Nelson of Trojan U.V. explains the ultraviolet disinfection process at the new wastewater treatment facility Monday, May 23, 2016 in Cape Girardeau.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Effluent is pumped from the new water treatment plant on its way to the river Monday, May 23, 2016 in Cape Girardeau.

The final stage of the wastewater treatment facility where effluent is discharged to the river is seen Monday, May 23, 2016 in Cape Girardeau.

City manager Scott Meyer speaks as Mayor Harry Rediger listens at the dedication of the new solid-waste transfer station Monday, May 23, 2016 in Cape Girardeau.

Public Works director Steve Cook speaks as city manager Scott Meyer listens at the dedication of the new solid-waste transfer station Monday, May 23, 2016 in Cape Girardeau.

Tim Trost, market vice president with Republic Services, speaks at the dedication of the new solid-waste transfer station Monday, May 23, 2016 in Cape Girardeau.

Public works director Steve Cook cuts the ribbon at the new solid-waste transfer station Monday, May 23, 2016 in Cape Girardeau. From left are Heather Short and Audrey Lorch, chamber of commerce ambassadors; City Manager Scott Meyer, Mayor Pro-Tem Victor Gunn, Mayor Harry Rediger, Cook, assistant public works director Stan Polivick, deputy city manager Molly Hood, solid waste superintendent Mike Tripp and Brenda Newbern, director, Cape Girardeau Convention & Visitors Bureau.

An information board is seen at the entrance to the transfer station Monday, May 23, 2016 in Cape Girardeau

The tour begins at the new solid-waste transfer station Monday, May 23, 2016 in Cape Girardeau.

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Ribbon cutting events are held at the city of Cape Girardeau's new transfer station and wastewater treatment plant Monday, May 23, 2016 in Cape Girardeau.

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