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.

Residents across the state are cleaning up after this weekend's tornado outbreak and the governor has declared a "State of Emergency" for 12 Oklahoma counties.