Water
Council to tour water treatment plant
MARYVILLE, Mo. — The Maryville City Council will tour the water treatment plant ahead of its regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, Feb. 10, and will address a street overlay project, a short-term rental application and the possibility of a grant for a planned splash park. At 5:45 p.m. on Monday, council members will tour the…
Read MoreMcDanel outlines potential water solutions to council
MARYVILLE, Mo. — Maryville City Council members received an update Monday evening on options city staff is considering to address the water situation. Earlier this month, the city followed state Department of Natural Resources procedures by alerting the public that the water in Mozingo Lake was home to a dense cyanobacteria bloom, also called blue-green…
Read MoreCity: Treated water is safe to drink
MARYVILLE, Mo. — City Manager Greg McDanel said this week that city officials will approach the potentially dangerous algae bloom on Mozingo Lake with a three-pronged attack aimed at keeping the water safe in the short-term, improving water treatment infrastructure and managing the conditions that caused the algae’s growth in the first place. Last week,…
Read MoreCyanobacteria: What’s in the water
MARYVILLE, Mo. — The bottom line is, Maryville’s drinking water is safe, and it’s likely to stay safe. That’s the message from both city officials and the state Department of Natural Resources after algae levels at Mozingo Lake spiked last week, triggering a warning to stay away from direct contact with it. Such warnings are…
Read MoreCity: Drinking water safe, avoid direct contact with lake
MARYVILLE, Mo. — Direct contact with Mozingo Lake should be avoided, but drinking water remains safe, the city of Maryville said in a press release Wednesday. A cyanobacteria bloom, the city said, is the cause of the precautionary warning. Cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae, are capable of producing cyanotoxins, which are dangerous and potentially fatal to…
Read MoreCouncil to look at City Hall expansion, water treatment
MARYVILLE, Mo. — At its next meeting on Monday, Dec. 9, at 7 p.m., the Maryville City Council will consider a contract to expand and renovate City Hall, renewing an agreement with university police at Northwest Missouri State University and more chemical treatment measures at Mozingo Lake. City Hall expansion In 2014, a consulting firm…
Read MoreCity Council to consider water treatment, fireworks contracts
MARYVILLE, Mo. — At its Nov. 25 meeting, Maryville City Council members will consider a lot split, the issuance of certificates of participation to fund several projects, a deal for Fourth of July fireworks and a contract to operate water systems. Lot split Jeff and Kim Bram petitioned the council to separate two residential structures…
Read MorePWSD No. 1 to install new meters, raise rates
MARYVILLE, Mo. — Public Water Supply District No. 1 in Nodaway County will raise its monthly rates to help pay for new remote read meters. In a letter to customers this week, the water supply district said the board of directors had approved a $5 increase in the monthly minimums starting with the September bill…
Read MoreMcDanel: New water treatment equipment needed
MARYVILLE, Mo. — New water filtration membranes are slated to be the big-ticket item on next fiscal year’s water and sewer budget, pending approval from the City Council. In a water treatment facility, membranes are used to filter out unwanted substances in what will become drinking water. In a budget workshop Tuesday evening, City Manager…
Read MoreCity looks into cause of fish kill at Mozingo Lake
MARYVILLE, Mo. — Maryville officials are looking into the deaths of a large number of fish in Mozingo Lake. The dead fish were discovered in the lake late last week. “The fish kill at Mozingo is 100 percent carp to our knowledge, which is a high indication of a carp-related virus,” said City Manager Greg…
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