Arsenic & Aging Infrastructure Leads Communities to a Regional Drinking Water Solution
Aging infrastructure and regional water quality problems have motivated three counties in west central Minnesota to pursue the creation of a new water district. The proposed West Central Regional Water District has the potential to serve 15,000 people in 16 cities and rural areas of Polk, Norman, and Clay Counties in western Minnesota. Residents in […]
Expansion of Wastewater Treatment Facility Clears the Air
A couple years ago, operators at the Otsego, Minnesota Wastewater Treatment Facility (WWTF) on the west side of town frequently found themselves on the receiving end of odor complaints due to underperforming aerobic digesters. At the time, the solids treatment train capacity did not match the capacity of the liquid treatment trains, so the City […]