MIDWEST CITY, Okla. — The City of Midwest City is taking a big step to avoid being fined by the Department of Environmental Quality.

One of the city’s biggest facilities is crumbling but now work on a new plant has begun.

It’s created quite the spectacle on the north side of town.

Whether it’s the water from your sink or you toilet, it all has to go somewhere.

In Midwest City, it goes to the Wastewater Treatment Facility.

This plant is getting a major makeover thanks to voters and a new sales tax.

William Janacek, the Director of Midwest City Environmental Services, said, “I love it. I’ve been in favor of it since I first heard about it.”

The centerpiece right now is a huge crater nearly as long as a football field and about two stories deep.

It’s just one of a few holes that will eventually hold all of Midwest City’s wastewater.

A Red Flag Warning has been issued for multiple counties across the state by the National Weather Service.

Just days after a severe thunderstorm tore through the state, the National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for much of central Oklahoma.