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Lightning strike damages Ephrata treatment plant

by CHARLES H. FEATHERSTONE
Staff Writer | June 5, 2020 12:26 AM

EPHRATA — During Saturday’s electrical storms, a lightning strike on Ephrata’s Water Reclamation Facility — its sewage treatment plant — destroyed a computer controller and temporarily crippled the facility.

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