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Litchfield’s First District seeks $10 million grant for dairy wastewater pretreatment to meet MPCA compliance

5101414 · February 27, 2025
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First District Cooperative and Representative Scott Van Binsbergen asked the committee for a $10 million grant through the Public Facilities Authority to build a pretreatment wastewater system for the First District dairy plant in Litchfield to meet MPCA compliance.

Representative Scott Van Binsbergen and Bob Hoffman, CEO of First District Cooperative, explained a proposed grant of $10,000,000 to the Public Facilities Authority to build a pretreatment wastewater system adjacent to Litchfield’s public treatment plant.

Hoffman said the cooperative processes roughly 7.5–8.5 million pounds of milk a day and that the plant’s expansion (driven by product demand and regulatory compliance)…

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