District 6
Capital Program & Projects
District 6 includes portions of the City of Minneapolis along I-35W, generally north to I-94 and I-394 (including the eastern Bryn Mawr neighborhood) along Franklin Avenue, bounded by the Mississippi River on the east, and southwest portions of the city of Minneapolis, east of Lyndale Avenue, north of 42nd Street (east of Lake Harriet), north of Lake Harriet, and neighborhoods on the west side of Lake Harriet and north of 39th Street West (around Bde Maka Ska).
The Program provides for the replacement of a 5-mile-long forcemain, known as the Hopkins forcemain, and lift station L27 located in the city of Hopkins. The forcemain is a single 24-inch to 30-inch interceptor pipe that begins in Hopkins at the intersection of Blake Road and Lake Street and passes through St. Louis Park and Minneapolis, where it discharges to the 1-MN-330 gravity interceptor sewer. The system serves the cities of Hopkins, St. Louis Park, and Minneapolis. The new forcemain system is constructed as a dual 18-inch to 24-inch pipe system. The new 6.3 million gallons per day (MGD) lift station is constructed 700 feet to the west of the existing lift station.
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.
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.
This program provides funding to address capital improvements for the interceptors that serve Minneapolis and the surrounding areas.
This program provides funding to address capital improvements at 8 regional wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs).
The interceptor systems in Blaine, Brooklyn Park, Champlin, Circle Pines, Coon Rapids, Forest Lake, Fridley, Hugo, Lexington, Lino Lakes, Maple Grove, Mounds View, Spring Lake Park, and other north area communities need rehabilitation and/or replacement. The project will rehabilitate existing interceptor facilities, including gravity sewers, forcemains, lift stations and meter stations.
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.
This program provides funding for planning activities needed to support the Council’s overall wastewater reuse initiative.
This program includes facility planning and new projects to address aging infrastructure within or contributing to the City of Minneapolis. Potential projects include the Interceptor 1-MN-340 Capacity Relief Study and Interceptor 1-MN-320 Replacement.
In addition to major projects, there may be interceptor rehabilitation, lining projects, and meter improvement projects located in the district.