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Mound outlines $30 million water treatment plan, warns manganese levels remain a health concern
Summary
Consulting city engineer Brian Simmons told the council the city's water tests continue to show manganese above health-based guidance; the planned Sorbo Park treatment plant is funded in part but leaves an estimated $29 million gap. Council moved forward on permitting and trunk-main work while urging continued state and federal advocacy.
Consulting city engineer Brian Simmons told the Mound City Council on March 10 that testing shows manganese remains in the municipal supply at levels the Minnesota Department of Health treats as a health-based concern. "The manganese still exists, and it's still at a level at which, we believe it to be unsafe for consumption over time," Simmons said during the "state of the water" presentation.
Simmons described a multi-year plan to build a single treatment plant sited at Sorbo Park and complete upstream trunk transmission improvements to deliver treated water across the city. He said design and early trunk-main work have been paid in part by a $10.3 million state appropriation through the Public Facilities Authority and roughly $1.09 million in federal appropriations targeted to treatment equipment, but the city still faces a significant funding shortfall.
"We still have a $29,000,000 funding gap between the monies that…
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