District 16

Capital Program & Projects

District 16 includes, in Dakota County, the cities of Burnsville, Empire, Farmington, and Lakeville; and the townships of Castle Rock, Eureka, Greenvale, Sciota, and Waterford; and in Scott County, the city of Savage.

Lift Station Rehabilitation: Program 8055 (PDF)

Capacity and condition assessments are being conducted along with regulatory reviews to identify system-wide lift station upgrades. These upgrades extend the life of facilities, reduce the risk of spills, and improve the safety of staff who operate and maintain lift stations.

Meter Improvements: Program 8056 (PDF)

This program provides funding to upgrade Environmental Services' ability to measure flows for billing, operational, and planning purposes and standardize meter equipment at similar facilities.  Meter improvements include meter rehabilitation or replacement, planning meter installation, and new meter installation.

Empire Plant Solids Processing: Program 8074 (PDF)

This program provides funding for planning and implementation of improvements to wastewater solids processing facilities at the Empire Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP).

Minneapolis Interceptor Rehabilitation: Program 8076 (PDF)

This program provides funding to address capital improvements for the interceptors that serve Minneapolis and the surrounding areas.

Regional Plant Improvements: Program 8078 (PDF)

This program provides funding to address capital improvements at 8 regional wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs).

Interceptor Rehabilitation: Program 8090 (PDF)

This program includes miscellaneous projects to rehabilitate failing facilities, address Inflow and Infiltration (I/I) sources, and addressing general needs of the interceptor system not programmed into a region or facility specific program. This program also includes additional condition assessment work to complement the internal inspections work completed by operations. Office space planning and design to accommodate all the staff assigned to the Regional Maintenance Facility, and property transfer between Council and municipalities for public benefit.

Wastewater Reclamation Facilities: Program 8091 (PDF)

This program provides funding for planning activities needed to support the Council’s overall wastewater reuse initiative.

South Area Interceptor Improvements: Program 8095 (PDF)

The interceptor systems in Apple Valley, Eagan, Farmington, Lakeville, Savage, and other south area communities in need of rehabilitation and/or replacement as well as expansion to serve growth. The program will rehabilitate existing interceptor facilities, including gravity sewers and forcemains, and analyze the system needs to accommodate growth.


In addition to the major projects, there will be interceptor rehabilitation, lift stations, and meter improvement projects located in the district.

Metropolitan Council District 16 Map