Billy Simpson, the mayor of Jasper, TennesseeJASPER, Tenn. — The demise of Marion County’s regional wastewater treatment facility is finally complete.
In 2009, the towns of Kimball, Jasper and South Pittsburg joined to build a massive sewage treatment plant that would cover the entire county’s needs.
But South Pittsburg suddenly dropped out in 2010, deciding instead to build its own treatment plant.
For over a year, Kimball and Jasper worked together to significantly upgrade or rebuild Jasper’s existing plant, since Jasper is under a state order to get its facility fixed.
Then the financing fell apart.