ST. PAUL, MN (KDAL) – Nearly 200 million dollars in loans and grants for wastewater and drinking water infrastructure projects around the state of Minnesota have been announced by the Public Facilities Authority (MPFA).
The funding includes 49.6 million to the Western Lake Superior Sanitary District (WLSSD) in Duluth to support four ongoing projects.
The completion of a bypass from the Knowlton Creek force main, a Lakeside neighborhood interceptor pipe rehabilitation, removal and replacement of four final clarifiers at the wastewater treatment plant and completion of work at the Carlton Pump Station.
Other Northland projects to receive funding includes Floodwood and Hibbing watermain work and a water treatment plant rehabilitation in International Falls.
Funding for the projects come primarily from the MPFA’s Clean Water Revolving Fund and the Drinking Water Revolving Fund.
