Leaders of the Bowersock Mills and Power Company will give a public presentation this week on their plans to build a new hydroelectric power plant on the north bank of the Kansas River.

The Lawrence-based company will host a meeting at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the Union Pacific Depot, 402 N. Second Street. The meeting will begin with a short walking tour of the proposed site, which is about a block south of the depot.

A question-and-answer session will begin at 6:15 p.m. at the depot.

Bowersock leaders in July announced that they had begun the process of applying for permits to build a $13 million hydroelectric power plant that would be directly across the river from the company’s existing plant on the Kaw.

Thursday’s public meeting is part of the process required for the company to receive a permit from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.