The water level at the Wastewater Treatment Plant that shut down the plant for a day or so last weekend hit a record high, according to Marshall Municipal Utilities General Manager Jeff Bergstrom.

During the MMU Board of Public Works meeting on Thursday, July 1, Bergstrom said the mark on the wall was 13 inches higher than the previous high mark of 1973 and 19 inches more than the Great Flood of 1993.

Bergstrom thanked all of MMU’s employees for helping out in the crisis situation.

One of the action items approved by the board was for MMU to be able to access its Wastewater Insurance Cash Reserve Fund to pay for repairs to the Wastewater Treatment Plant from flood damage, if needed. Bergstrom says he hopes MMU will be able to be reimbursed some of the money it’s going to cost to repair or replace everything that has been affected. Bergstrom said MMU is tracking the expenses. He said he’s talked to Saline County Emergency Management Agency Director Tony Day several times. He said MMU could get some reimbursement if this is declared a disaster by the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA). But he says they don’t know if that’s going to happen. “If it does, we certainly want to have all our ducks in a row, so we can participate in that,” he said.

Photo of MMU truck under water provided by MMU.