Commenting open: January 09, 2025 12:00AM CT - March 10, 2025 11:59PM CT.
Met Council (Hastings Water Resource Recovery Facility) - Wastewater Permit
We invite you to comment on the draft wastewater permit for the Metropolitan Council Environmental Services wastewater treatment facility in Hastings.
Metropolitan Council Environmental Services applied for a reissued water quality permit for the Hastings Water Resource Recovery Facility, which discharges to the Mississippi River. The facility is designed to treat 2.69 million gallons per day.
The draft permit requires monitoring for total sulfate because the facility discharges upstream of a water used in the production of wild rice.
Because the aluminum concentration in the receiving water upstream of the facility is above the current water quality standard, monitoring is required for total aluminum at the surface discharge station and for dissolved organic carbon in the receiving water. Aluminum is a function of pH, hardness, and dissolved organic carbon. Monitoring these two parameters will increase the information on aluminum concentrations in the Mississippi River upstream of the discharge.
Water quality permits - or National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits - establish specific limits and requirements to protect Minnesota's surface and groundwater quality. Permits are regularly reviewed and updated as they expire, allowing the MPCA to incorporate new information about the impacts of pollutants on the environment in future permits. Permits are enforced through a combination of self-reporting and compliance monitoring.
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We invite you to comment on the draft wastewater permit for the Metropolitan Council Environmental Services wastewater treatment facility in Hastings.
Metropolitan Council Environmental Services applied for a reissued water quality permit for the Hastings Water Resource Recovery Facility, which discharges to the Mississippi River. The facility is designed to treat 2.69 million gallons per day.
The draft permit requires monitoring for total sulfate because the facility discharges upstream of a water used in the production of wild rice.
Because the aluminum concentration in the receiving water upstream of the facility is above the current water quality standard, monitoring is required for total aluminum at the surface discharge station and for dissolved organic carbon in the receiving water. Aluminum is a function of pH, hardness, and dissolved organic carbon. Monitoring these two parameters will increase the information on aluminum concentrations in the Mississippi River upstream of the discharge.
Water quality permits - or National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits - establish specific limits and requirements to protect Minnesota's surface and groundwater quality. Permits are regularly reviewed and updated as they expire, allowing the MPCA to incorporate new information about the impacts of pollutants on the environment in future permits. Permits are enforced through a combination of self-reporting and compliance monitoring.
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