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<br /> .\ I c" ! r " i) I' :' I I ,~ II \\',;.'1,' ("'lle; .,} , (';";1111',_':' <br />. <br /> of the MWCC stafC <br /> numbering 1,100, is on <br /> duty every hour of every <br /> day trearing wastewater <br /> from homes, businesses <br /> and industries in the <br /> seveoJcounry metro area. . STILLWATER <br /> We process 300 million <br /> gallons of wastewater <br /> each day-enough to fill <br /> the Metrodome in 1-1/2 <br /> days-at our nine tech~ HASTINGS <br /> nologically advanced r <br />. , <br /> Seon COUNTY DAKOTA COUNTY r <br /> treatment facilities. <br /> While outside pollu- ---I'""" <br /> tants and the volatility MWCC has nine rrearmem plantS throughout [he metro area. <br /> THE WA.STEWATER <br /> COLLECTION SYSTEM of nature-the floods of 1993, for example- realize we can't afford to rest on our laurels. <br /> AND TREATMENT sometimes place significant strains on our sys. Because the public demands an ever cleaner <br /> PLANTS ARE THE tern, MWCC consistently meets increasingly environment, our regulators and legislators <br /> HEARTBEAT OF" OUR <br /> OPERA.TION, CONVEY- stringent water, air and land quality regula. continually pass tougher environmenral stan- <br /> ING AND PROCESSING tions. We're proud of our record, and proud of dards and recognize new pollutants that we <br /> 300 MILLION GAL- the many awards we1ve received from regulatory must now measure and control. At the same <br /> LeNS OF WASTEWATER agencies and environmental groups. time, as a public agency we are under growing <br /> EVERY DAY. THAT'S <br /> ENOUGH TO FILL We've met these standards cost.effectively. pressure to keep our $152 million annual bud~ <br /> THE METRODOME IN Through efficient management, quality plan. get from increasing significantly. Essentially, <br /> 1~1/2 DAYS. ning and prudent financial performance, we're being asked to do more with limited <br /> MWCC's rates are almost .30 percenr lower per resources. <br /> household than those of other comparably In this hiennial report, we'll tell you a few <br /> si:ed cities. Recent MWCC wholesale rare of the things we\'e done to maintain our high <br /> increases were less than a third of the national standards, and what we are doing (0 ensure <br />. 3yerage, and we lowered our 1994 wholesale that we conrinue to serye the Twin Cities as <br /> rate to cities hy 1 percent. etfectively <lS po.ssible. <br /> \Xh' rake pride in the.se ,lChie\"('menrs, bur We also hopt' this report brings us a little <br />__L~_ <br />