MONTEZUMA - County officials are installing six acres of wetlands at Montezuma Club Island wastewater treatment plant in a bid to further enhance the quality of discharge that flows into Beaver Creek and ends up in Grand Lake.

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency-approved three-year pilot test, set to commence this summer, will assess the effects of adding wetlands close to the plant's four lagoons, county sanitary director Kent Hinton revealed to the newspaper. [More]