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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. The Willmar City Council Monday night approved plans and specifications and authorized...
news / localApril 9, 2011 - 12:00am
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January 15, 2011
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 growth. The western collector project is separate from the $86.2 million wastewater collection...
news / localJanuary 15, 2011 - 12:00am
October 16, 2010
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 Minnesota River Basin.
news / extra / localOctober 16, 2010 - 10:07am
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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 facility located about five miles west of the city is operating. Not only is the site -- in the midst of corn fields...
news / extraOctober 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...
news / localSeptember 16, 2010 - 12:00am
March 15, 2010
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. Replacing temporary power with permanent power means construction of the structures and electrical and...
newsMarch 15, 2010 - 12:00am
January 14, 2010
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...
newsJanuary 14, 2010 - 12:00am
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October 22, 2009
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 conveyance system. "The city of Willmar is requesting $20 million in state funding to go...
newsOctober 22, 2009 - 12:00am
September 5, 2009
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, progress has been good, said Aaron Nelson, field engineer for Graham Construction Services...
news / extra / localSeptember 5, 2009 - 9:52am
May 2, 2009
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 knows how much the savings might actually be because the cost of additional management of paperwork,...
news / localMay 2, 2009 - 12:00am
January 10, 2009
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 Peterson, both of Brookings, S.Derner and Jared Allan Peterson, both of Brookings, S.D.,e daughter of Mark...
January 10, 2009 - 12:00am
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