BSU's Center for Sustainability Studies to host wastewater treatment discussion

BSU's Center for Sustainability Studies to host wastewater treatment discussion

BEMIDJI — Bemidji State University's Center for Sustainability Studies will host Northern Township Administrator Chris Lahn to discuss a wastewater project and its benefits for the area at 7 p.m. on Earth Day, April 22, in the Beaux Arts Ballroom. The wastewater treatment project initiative, a community goal for more than 50 years, is designed to protect Lake Bemidji's water quality by replacing aging and failing septic systems with a centralize…

Foundations laid for Mitchell’s $39M south wastewater treatment complex

MITCHELL — When a casual observer sees progress on the city of Mitchell’s south wastewater treatment complex by the Mitchell Regional Landfill, they see men working in muddy conditions and concrete foundations being poured and prefabricated concrete walls being moved by cranes. For Bryan Garrison, it’s life. Garrison, 63, has worked on such jobs sites for most of his adult life in over 30 U.S. states. “I think Mitchell has just as much going for…