SOUTH PITTSBURG, Tenn. — After declining overtures from Kimball and Jasper officials to rejoin the proposed countywide wastewater treatment project, South Pittsburg leaders are moving ahead with plans to build a town sewage plant.
At a public hearing last week, city commissioners heard some of the first details about the proposed facility.
The total cost will be an estimated $6.8 million, officials said, but 75 percent of the cost will be covered through a federal grant because South Pittsburg’s current facility has been classified as an imminent threat.
“I realize we’re getting treated pretty fairly on that grant,” South Pittsburg Mayor Mike Killian said.
After the grant funds have been used, the town will have to pay approximately $1.7 million.