Water advocates ask South Dakota high court to block city of Custer discharges into French Creek

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Water advocates ask South Dakota high court to block city of Custer discharges into French Creek

Water quality advocates in Custer County want the state Supreme Court to make the county enforce a voter-backed ordinance barring the discharge of treated wastewater into a creek by the city of Custer.The city studied four options for discharge and chose French Creek. Since 1972, the city had discharged treated wastewater into Flynn Creek. But rebuilding its discharge pipe for Flynn Creek would be too expensive, the city and its contractor deter…