![The bank of the Clark Fork River is being cut away by rising water as it sits behind the waste water treatment lagoons (Erin Jusseaume/ Clark Fork Valley Press)](https://hagadone.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/ARTICLE_180509957_EP_-1_IWZVIUCETJAR_t1170.jpg?5cc718665ab672dba93d511ab4c682bb370e5f86)
The bank of the Clark Fork River is being cut away by rising water as it sits behind the waste water treatment lagoons (Erin Jusseaume/ Clark Fork Valley Press)
May 7, 2018
Stories this photo appears in:
![River erosion puts Plains wastewater ponds at risk](
https://hagadone.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/ARTICLE_180509957_AR_0_AJJKOPWLNXFU_t160.jpg?773850a9d7421baff2f792d5b4bd28ce20373d52
)
May 7, 2018 12:37 p.m.
River erosion puts Plains wastewater ponds at risk
A Declaration of Emergency was issued May 3 as the banks of the Clark Fork River behind the wastewater treatment lagoons in Plains began to cut away due to recent rain and snow melt.