Wastewater treatment plant tour

Cape Girardeau Public Works director Tim Gramling discusses the new wastewater treatment plant under construction on Friday, April 11, 2014. (Fred Lynch)

Tim Gramling shows the headworks building under construction at the new wastewater treatment plant on Friday, April 11, 2014 in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)

The new wastewater treatment plant is seen under construction Friday, April 11, 2014 in Cape Girardeau. The Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge can be seen in the background. (Fred Lynch)

One of the four basins of the continuous-flow sequencing batch reactor under construction at the new wastewater treatment plant contains hundreds of fine-bubble diffusers as seen on Friday, April 11, 2014 in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)

This is one of four basins of the continuous-flow sequencing batch reactor under construction at the new wastewater treatment plant on Friday, April 11, 2014 in Cape Girardeau. Fine-bubble diffusers are installed on the floor. (Fred Lynch)

Fine-bubble diffusers are seen in the basin of the continuous-flow sequencing batch reactor that is under construction at the new wastewater treatment plant on Friday, April 11, 2014 in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)

Todd Fulton, wastewater treatment coordinator, shows the construction area of the new wastewater treatment plant on Friday, April 11, 2014 in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)

The tall silo at the biosolids building will store dried pellets at the wastewater treatment plant. The pellets will be sold as fertilizer.

The ultraviolet disinfection facility is under construction at the new wastewater treatment plant on Friday, April 11, 2014 in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)

Sections of the effluent line that will connect to the river are ready for installation as seen to the east of the wastewater treatment plant Friday, April 11, 2014 in Cape Girardeau. A dairy farm is in the background. (Fred Lynch)

A control panel is shown above a basin for the continuous-flow sequencing batch reactor at the wastewater treatment plant. (Fred Lynch)

Tim Gramling shows samples of the dried pellets that will be produced by the new wastewater treatment plant, the pellets mixed with potash, left, and mixed with urea to make a fertilizer. (Fred Lynch)