Wastewater Treatment Installed in Coburg

COBURG, Ore. After years of at times heated debate the wait is over in Coburg.

Tuesday night city, county and state leaders held a ribbon cutting ceremony at Coburg City Hall to celebrate the opening of its Wastewater Treatment Plant, a $26 million project giving the community clean water.

Coburg is one of the last cities of its size in Oregon to install a sewage drainage system.

Many residents are saying the wait has been long enough after theyve had to deal with a failing septic tank system for years.

Its been many many many years and its about time. It needed to be done a long time ago, said Linda Egbert, Coburg resident.

It was disgusting. And we were essentially as a city just living in our own filth, said John Thiel, former Coburg resident.

Before the installation of the Wastewater Treatment Plant homes in Coburg were on septic tank systems, which were leaking into the ground.

Now theyre connected to a sewage system which pumps to the treatment plant.

This project has been in the works for year and the cost is highly contested by some businesses.

We actually have to close down a whole sewer plant that we had originally had here on the property. Thats turning out to be a very significant amount of money, said Joseph Bergtram, Premier RV Resorts Manager.

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Wastewater Treatment Installed in Coburg