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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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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,...