Wastewater & Water News & Events

The award recognizes our agency’s dedication to helping consumers and businesses save water, despite the challenges and disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Our nine wastewater treatment plants continue to earn high honors for compliance with their federal clean water discharge permits.

The Met Council proposes to raise wholesale wastewater rates to cities and townships by 4% in January 2022, while the sewer availability charge will remain flat for the eighth consecutive year.

We’ve updated a popular presentation and created an animated video about the water cycle and what happens at a wastewater treatment plant. Both work well for both in-person and virtual learning.

Wastewater traffic jams in sewers don’t cause a standstill; the water keeps coming from homes and businesses and the water levels keep rising.

Metro Plant scientists say research they’re doing with colleagues at the University of Minnesota Genomics Center could help predict COVID-19 outbreaks even before testing can identify cases.

A new report describes the many positive outcomes from the Minnesota Legislature’s decision in 2005 to give regional water supply planning responsibilities to the Met Council.

All nine of our wastewater treatment plants were recognized for excellence in operational performance and permit compliance during 2019.