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City Council OKs sewer line work, decommissioning two lift stations
WILLMAR -- The city will open construction bids on May 3 for rerouting the 21st Street Southwest wastewater sewer line and for decommissioning the Arby's and Ortenblad wastewater lift stations...
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Sat, Apr 09, 2011 - 12:00am
City might begin work this year on wastewater collector
WILLMAR -- Construction could begin this summer on a new sewer line called the western collector as the city updates the wastewater collection sy-stem and plans for future development and...
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Sat, Jan 15, 2011 - 12:00am
New facility has benefits for community
The facility has new and redundant systems to meet new water quality effluent limits for removal of phosphorus and ammonia. Higher quality effluent is released into Hawk Creek within the...
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Sat, Oct 16, 2010 - 10:07am
A breath of fresh air
Folks who said they almost gagged from the odor of Willmar's old wastewater treatment plant can breathe easier now that the old plant is shut down and the new treatment...
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Sat, Oct 16, 2010 - 10:05am
Officials tour city's new treatment plant; public gets a look Oct. 22
Willmar residents will have a chance to see their new $86.2 million wastewater treatment facility in operation during an open house next month.The target date for final treatment at the...
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Thu, Sep 16, 2010 - 12:00am
Wastewater project marks milestone with 'energized' plant
WILLMAR -- Work on the city's new wastewater treatment plant will reach a milestone today when the structures at the site are energized for the first time with permanent power...
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Mon, Mar 15, 2010 - 12:00am
Staying way ahead of the game
WILLMAR -- A milestone was reached when construction of 29,145 feet of interceptor sewer line in Willmar's $86.2 million wastewater treatment project was completed in December, eight months ahead of...
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Thu, Jan 14, 2010 - 12:00am
City makes its pitch for state grant funding for treatment plant
WILLMAR -- Willmar Mayor Les Heitke made a pitch Wednesday afternoon for a multimillion-dollar state appropriation to help the city pay for the new $86.2 million wastewater treatment plant and...
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Thu, Oct 22, 2009 - 12:00am
Wastewater treatment project on schedule
Officials say construction is on schedule and on budget for Willmar's new $86.2 million wastewater treatment plant and conveyance system. With the exception of recent heavy rain that slowed work,...
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Sat, Sep 05, 2009 - 9:52am
Unknowns abound if city taps stimulus grant for its new $86M wastewater treatment plant project
WILLMAR -- A federal stimulus grant might save $150,000 on a $2.2 million pump station contract that's part of the city's new $86 million wastewater treatment project. But no one...
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Sat, May 02, 2009 - 12:00am
Werner -- Peterson
Heidi Rae Werner and Jared Allan Peterson, both of Brookings, S.D., are engaged to be married Feb. 14 at Vinje Lutheran Church in Willmar. HHeidi Rae Werner and Jared Allan...
Sat, Jan 10, 2009 - 12:00am
