The Haines Borough this week completed a $25,000 fix to its sewage treatment plant.
A broken rake drive in the main clarifying tank there meant the plant hadn’t been functioning properly, said borough projects director Brad Maynard. Sewage flows into the tank, with solids settling to the bottom, where they’re raked into a hole at the bottom and then pressed into sludge.
The broken rake drive meant the solids weren’t reaching the hole, he said.…
