Fort Lupton to join wastewater district

FORT LUPTON — The city council here voted 5-1 to join the Metro Wastewater Reclamation District, said an item in the Fort Lupton Press.

The city of about 8,000 people was facing costs of $38 million to improve its wastewater treatment plant; city staff thinks that could be cut by about 40% by signing on with the reclamation district.

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment had ordered the plant repairs.

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