Bloomington Water Treatment Plant

It was placed in operation in may of 1982.

Bloomington water treatment plant. City of bloomington utilities first discovered mercury in 2017 and hired a contractor for environmental cleanup. Originally opened in 1967 it was expanded in 2014 and now is capable to produce 30 million gallons of water per day. Presently the city is supplied with drinking water from lake monroe via the monroe water treatment plant in s shields ridge rd. 2020 city of bloomington mn.

Four wells were put in service in the mid 1970s and two more were added in 2002 as part of the water treatment plant expansion. 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. Solids handling operations began in 1985 and the landfill opened in 1986. Bloomington supplements its water supply by purchasing treated surface water from the city of minneapolis because our plant does not have the capacity to treat and supply all the city s water needs especially on hot summer days when demand rises to its highest.

The city of bloomington utilities department cbu has begun demolition of the decommissioned griffy water treatment plant this week. The mwtp is operated by the city of bloomington utilities department. The water pumping station at griffy lake has been mothballed. Dillman road wastewater treatment plant is located south of bloomington at the intersection of bypass 37 and dillman road.

The plant can produce up to 14 million gallons of treated softened drinking water per day. The plant operates 24 hours a day every day of the year. The monroe water treatment plant filters and cleans the water for public distribution. 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.