Projects on the Horizon
Wastewater Treatment Facility/Central Iron Range Sanitary Sewer District
It's
not the glamour side of economic development, but the wastewater needs of
business and industry are tantamount to successful recruitment efforts. To that
end, the Central Iron Range Sanitary Sewer District project was created, with
the City of Hibbing
taking the lead in an effort that tackles an issue no one community could
champion on its own . The project expands the wastewater treatment capacity of
the region to accommodate residential and industrial development while
extending municipal water/sewage to prime building areas.
The
district-wide initiative addresses the wastewater treatment needs of the entire
Central Iron Range
by using existing facilities when possible, upgrading others, and expanding
wastewater pipes and lift stations throughout the region. Because the City of Hibbing recently invested
$9 million in one of its wastewater treatment facilities, expansion to that
location is likely. Such a project would expand Hibbing's capacity from approximately 4.5
million gallons to 7.5 million gallons, or enough to handle the region's
current and future wastewater treatment needs. Design
and pre-design of the project was made possible by a 2005 bonding bill that
released $1.7 million in funding to the CIRI. Construction is on track to begin
in 2007.
Contact: John Suihkonen
Chairman Central Iron
Range Sanitary Sewer District
jsuihkonen.ci.hibbing.mn.us
Powerpoint Presentations: Central Iron Range Sanitary Sewer District (28.7MB)
