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By Myrna Trauntvein
Times-News Correspondent

 Mona now has a location for the new sewer facility to be built.
“I make the motion that we complete the closing on the property purchase agreement with some changes,” said Gordon Anderson, council member.
The property is being purchased from G.G. Jones and is located to the west of Mona which will allow for natural geologic flow to the facility.
Anderson has been heading the council on the push to have sewer installed in the community. Council members have been working on finding a place for the plant portion of the facility to be built and have been negotiating with property owners to make the purchase.
“We will also have more than enough property to allow us to build our road shed at that location,” said Mayor Bryce Lynn. “I think we should get going on that project right away.”
Mike Stringer and Anderson recently made a trip to California to tour some of the sewer treatment plants in that area. Anderson also plans to tour the Oakley, Utah, plant.
It is being proposed that the Mona treatment facility be patterned after the one built by Fairview. Nevertheless, other plants are being toured.
“The trip to California was very beneficial and informative even though it was a very quick trip,” said Anderson.
The MBR process, the method being proposed for the Mona facility, is similar to other biological treatment processes with a few distinct differences. Like other treatment plants, the MBR uses microscopic organisms to treat the wastewater.
In typical treatment plants, the organisms are separated from the water using gravity in large tanks.
In an MBR, the membranes filter the biological mixture, keeping the organisms in the process and allowing water to flow through the membrane. This has a distinct advantage because more organisms can be used in the process, three to five times more than in a conventional treatment plant.
The result is the ability to treat the same amount of wastewater in a smaller space.
The MBR treatment plant has also been designed to significantly reduce nitrogen in the effluent.
“I think this is the best system for Mona,” said Anderson.