Water treatment company seeks permit renewal for second Licking County plant

ALEXANDRIA, Ohio (WCMH) -- Months after 200 people filled a small church to protest a wastewater treatment facility in Licking County, an older proposal is about to get a second look.

Licking Regional Water -- formerly the Southwest Licking Community Water and Sewer District -- will have a public hearing Jan. 23 with the state Environmental Protection Agency to renew a permit allowing a wastewater facility off State Route 310. The permit was first approved in 2019, but the facility was never built.