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<br />OJ0389 <br /> <br />The Water Pollution Control Council has set as a goal a minimum of <br />secondary treatment of municipal sewage and expects to reach this goal <br />by 1972 for al I faci Ilties except those located along the Missouri RIver. <br />The compliance date for the Missouri River communities is the end of <br />1975. <br /> <br />As of July 1, 1969, 49 communitIes with a combined population of <br />about 420,000 need to Instal I new faci Ilties to bring their treatment <br />faci lities up to this standard. In addition, 33 communities with a <br />combined population of about 168,000 have secondary plants which need <br />to be Improved to adequately treat their sewage wasteS. Five of these <br />are badly overloaded and should have additional facilities and eight <br />have plants in poor repair which need replacement. The rest need to <br />Increase the efficiency of the plants. Improved treatment facilities <br />are a major need In the Missouri Tributaries, Lower Platte, Elkhorn, <br />and Nemaha River Basins. These basins have the greatest concentratIon <br />of population which adds to the potential pollution problem. <br /> <br />Careless maintenance and management of sewage treatment facilities <br />is a continual problem. <br /> <br />Industrial Wastes <br /> <br />A survey by the Nebraska Water Pollution Control Counci I In 1968 <br />lists 563 concerns which produce Industrial wastes. Of these, 408 <br />either deliver their wastes to a municipal sewage system or have faci lities <br />which adequately treat the wastes produced. Seventeen others have <br />treatment facilities under construction. Treatment faci lities are needed <br />by nine industrial plants. The treatment needs of the remaining concerns <br />are under study. This group contains 102 sand and gravel processors, <br />4 meat processors, 8 processors of meat by-products, 1 dairy processor, <br />4 sugar processors, and 10 plants manufacturing miscellaneous products. <br />A summary of the survey is shown in Table 24. <br /> <br />Over 60 percent of the industries inventoried are food processors. <br />Meat processing heads the list with 263 plants, ~ol lowed by dairy wIth <br />51, and other food products with 37. Many smal I meat processing plants <br />are closing down because of unsanitary inplant conditions or obsole- <br />scence. The number of medium to large plants located near central cities <br />or concentrated feeding areas is Increasing, however. The major packing <br />plants in Omaha are now constructing pretreatment 'plants. The pretreated <br />wastes wi I I be discharged into the municipal sewage system. This wi I I <br />make a substantial reduction In the amount of untreated wastes entering <br />the Missouri River. <br /> <br />Nine Industries, Including 8 meat processors and one meat by-products <br />processor, should provide for treatment,of their wastes either by con- <br />structing facilities or by connecting to a municipal sewage system <br />that has the capacity to handle their wastes. It is expected that most <br />of the 129 plants under study wll I be required to construct treatment <br />facilities, or In the case of sand and gravel processors to manage their <br />operations In a manner that the wastes wi II not pol lute streams. <br /> <br />54 <br />