“We sent out delinquent letters Jan. 1, and we got a lot of those payments in,” Jacobs said. “We get a lot of people that paid because they don’t want their name in the paper.”
City seeks water quality standard variance from MPCA
The variance is needed due to high chloride levels in effluent discharged from the city s wastewater treatment plant. 8:00 am, Jan. 30, 2021 ×
These water filtration domes at the Worthington wastewater treatment plant are expected to be replaced after a planned new plant comes online in 2023. (Tim Middagh/The Globe)
WORTHINGTON The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is continuing to gather public comment on a proposed water quality standard variance for Worthington’s wastewater treatment plant.
The city applied for a variance to the standard for chloride. If approved, the variance will give the city additional time to reduce the amount of chloride (salt) discharged as treated effluent into Okabena Creek.
MPCA hosting virtual meeting at 5 p.m. 11:38 am, Jan. 27, 2021 ×
These water filtration domes at the Worthington wastewater treatment plant are expected to be replaced after a planned new plant comes online in 2023. (Tim Middagh/The Globe)
WORTHINGTON
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) will be hosting a virtual public meeting via Webex at 5 p..m. Thursday to present information and take questions about a proposed water quality standard variance for the city of Worthington wastewater treatment plant. More details and login information are available on the MPCA water quality variance web page.
While rebuilding its aging waste water treatment plant, the city of Worthington still has some work to do about reducing the amount of chlorides salt in the treated effluent sent to Okabena Creek.
Landowners can apply for grants to fund projects that target clean water in the Missouri River Watershed. 5:00 am, Jan. 27, 2021 ×
This diagram shows the construction of a water and sediment control basin in Rock County s Denver Township that was funded by the state s Clean Water Fund through the Missouri River Watershed Partnership. (Special to The Globe)
REGIONAL Nearly a year after the state approved the Missouri River Watershed Partnership (MRWP) and its 10-year water plan, 27 contracts totaling $522,000 in cost-share grants have been signed with landowners to implement conservation projects in five counties of far southwest Minnesota.
The grants comprise nearly half of the $1,320,445 MRWP received from the state’s Clean Water Fund last June. The Clean Water Fund dollars are meant to cover projects during a two-year period.