Saving St. Margarets: City sewage plant set for $6.1M upgrade to avoid ‘disaster’

Bill Fish (from left), Tyler Todd and Cody Pridgeon stand atop a monitoring area for the aeration basin tanks at the St. Margarets Wastewater Treatment Facility on Friday morning. The aeration basin tanks will be upgraded as part of a $6.1 million project at the facility. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)
Bill Fish (from left), Tyler Todd and Cody Pridgeon stand atop a monitoring area for the aeration basin tanks at the St. Margarets Wastewater Treatment Facility on Friday morning. The aeration basin tanks will be upgraded as part of a $6.1 million project at the facility. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

With no replacement parts and no backup plan, Lake City officials had no choice.

With the St. Margarets wastewater treatment facility aging and in need of repairs, the city has earmarked roughly $6.1 m…