District 8

Capital Program & Projects

District 8 includes, in Hennepin County, the cities of Brooklyn Center, Crystal, Golden Valley, Hopkins, New Hope, Robbinsdale, St. Louis Park, and the northwestern quadrant of Edina (north of Minnesota Highway 62).

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.

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).

North Area Interceptor (NAI) Rehabilitation: Program 8086 (PDF)

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.

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. 

Minneapolis Interceptor System Rehabilitation - Phase 2: Program 8092 (PDF)

This program includes facility planning and new projects to address aging infrastructure within or contributing to the City of Minneapolis. Potential projects include Interceptor 1-MN-340 Capacity Relief Study and Interceptor 1-MN-320 Replacement.


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

Metropolitan Council District 8 Map