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Board approves five-year Medline wastewater discharge agreement with 10,000-gallon-per-day average limit
Summary
Trustees approved a five-year discharge agreement with Medline under terms that keep the company’s monthly-average flow at 10,000 gallons per day, update fees and exceedance fines, and return the chloride limit to 500 ppm; staff said the agreement can be reopened if flows or wastewater characteristics change.
Rob Menema, general manager for Delafield Hartland Wastewater, summarized changes in the new Medline discharge agreement and asked the board to approve the renewal.
Menema said the previous agreement had expired at the end of 2024. The new five-year agreement runs through Dec. 31, 2029. Key points include a continuing monthly-average flow volume set at 10,000 gallons per day (not a strict daily cap), updated administrative and surcharge fees that had not changed in roughly 15 years, and increased exceedance fines.
On chloride, Menema said the initial agreement had used 500 parts per million (ppm), a recently expired agreement had reduced that limit to 400 ppm, and he restored the 500 ppm limit in the new contract after consulting Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources staff. Menema stated DNR saw no detriment to returning the limit to 500 ppm given the village’s permit status and current chloride discharges.
Menema emphasized the agreement can be reopened at any time if Medline requests a significant increase in water usage, if discharge characteristics change, or if the village’s DNR permit changes. Trustees moved, seconded and approved the agreement by voice vote; no recorded roll-call objections were recorded in the transcript.
