City Of Bloomington Water Treatment Plant

Located on north dunn street on the northern edge of the lake the plant supplied drinking water sourced from griffy lake from 1925 until 1996 when lake monroe became bloomington s sole water source and the plant was taken out of service.

City of bloomington water treatment plant. The blucher poole wastewater treatment plant on average treats a flow of more than 4 5 million gallons per day mgd has a design capacity of six mgd and a peak hydraulic capacity of 12 mgd. The city s sam h. The plant operates 24 hours a day every day of the year. Hobbs water treatment plant treats groundwater from six deep wells and then pumps it into the distribution system for use by residents and businesses.

It treats wastewater generated in the northern part of bloomington monroe county serving the area north of 11th street and the smith avenue lift station. City of bloomington utilities first discovered mercury in 2017 and hired a contractor for environmental cleanup. Dillman road wastewater treatment plant is located south of bloomington at the intersection of bypass 37 and dillman road. It was placed in operation in may of 1982.

Today our community is served by the monroe water treatment plant which sources its water from lake. Hobbs water treatment plant was built in 1973 and an expansion was completed in 2002. 2020 city of bloomington mn. The city of bloomington utilities department cbu has begun demolition of the decommissioned griffy water treatment plant this week.

Griffy water treatment plant has been decommissioned for 23 years but is costing the city hundreds of thousands of dollars in cleanup because of mercury released by trespassers. Bloomington recent testing by city of bloomington utilities cbu has shown that the lakewater entering the monroe water treatment plant is free of several compounds that have been detected. As a result bloomington had a long history of water shortages especially in dry seasons.