Recycling Treated Municipal Wastewater for Industrial Water Use

Acknowledgements
This study was conducted by Metropolitan Council Environmental Services through its lead consultant,
Craddock Consulting Engineers. Craddock Consulting Engineers’ partners were Camp Dresser & McKee,
James Crook, and Robert Molzahn. Pace Analytical, Inc. also provided laboratory analysis. Funding for
this project was recommended by the Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCMR) from the
Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund. Metropolitan Council Environmental Services provided
in-kind contributions consisting of project management, technical resources, sampling and analytical
services, and report production.
Metropolitan Council wishes to acknowledge and thank the following organizations for participating as
stakeholders in this study: Minnesota Department of Health; Minnesota Department of Natural Resources;
Minnesota Environmental Initiative; Minnesota Pollution Control Agency; Dakota County; City of
Mankato; the Water Utility Council of the American Water Works Association, Minnesota Section; ADC
Telecommunications, Inc.; CertainTeed Corporation; Fagen Engineering, LLC; Flint Hills Resources, LP;
Gopher Resources Corporation; Great River Energy; Kramer Mining and Materials, Inc.; Marathon
Petroleum Company, LLC; Rock-Tenn Company; Twin City Tanning Company; SB Foot Tanning
Company; and Xcel Energy.
Metropolitan Council wishes to acknowledge and thank the following industries for providing survey
information about industry practices: 3M Company; ADC Telecommunications, Inc.; Ag Processing, Inc.;
Aggregate Industries-NCR, Inc.; Andersen Corporation; Banta Catalog Group; District Energy of St.
Paul, Inc.; Ecolab, Inc.; Federal Cartridge Company–ATK; FilmTec Corporation; Flint Hills Resources,
LP: Georgia-Pacific Corporation; Gopher Resources Corporation; Honeywell International, Inc.; Kraemer
Mining and Materials, Inc.; Marathon Petroleum Corporation, LLC; Midwest Coca Cola Bottling, Inc.;
NRG Energy Center, LLC; Polar Semiconductor, Inc.; Rock-Tenn Company; S. B. Foot Tanning
Company; Seagate Technology, LLC; Southern Minnesota Construction Company, Inc.; St. Paul
Cogeneration, LLC; St. Paul Pioneer Press Dispatch; Stora Enso Duluth Mills; and Twin City Tanning
Company.
Metropolitan Council wishes to acknowledge and thank the following industries for providing photos
used on the front and back cover: Flint Hills Resources, LP; Gopher Resources Corporation; the
Shakopee Mdewankanton Sioux Community; Stora Enso Duluth Mills; and Xcel Energy.