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Wykoff wastewater operator reports routine maintenance, hydrant flushing and spring tank cleaning

Wykoff City Council · October 14, 2025

Summary

WWTP operator Rick Whitney told the council the plant completed DMRs with no exceedances, carried out MLSS and biological checks, cleaned the sludge drying bed and monitored during storms; water-tower cleaning and Minnesota Pump lift-station service are planned for spring and hydrants were flushed recently.

Rick Whitney updated the council on wastewater plant operations, reporting no permit-limit exceedances and a series of routine maintenance tasks.

Whitney listed completed items including DMR with no limit exceedances, rounds and process-control checks, MLSS testing, biological activity checks under the microscope, cleaning and loading the sludge drying bed, pulling screenings from the headworks, mowing and trimming the plant, and monitoring the plant during heavy rain events and power outages. He said Minnesota Pump Service will service the lift station in the spring and KLM is scheduled to clean the water tower in the spring; hydrant flushing occurred Sunday.

The council received the report and had no action items attached to the update.

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