Recycling Treated Municipal Wastewater for Industrial Water Use

Table 3.11a. Industrial Water Use in the Minnesota River Watershed
2004 Water Use, mgd
Industry Category Groundwater Surface Water Total
Agricultural Processing 11.14 0.00 11.14
Industrial Process Cooling - Once Through 1.88 0.00 1.88
Industrial Processing 0.17 0.00 0.17
Metal Processing 1.31 0.00 1.31
Mine Processing 0.20 0.04 0.24
Non-Metallic Processing 0.43 0.00 0.43
Petroleum - Chemical Processing, ethanol 1.18 0.00 1.18
Pulp and Paper Processing 0.05 0.00 0.05
Sand and Gravel Washing 0.83 1.62 2.45
Steam Power Cooling - Once Through 0.11 326.00 326.11
Total 17.30 327.66 344.96
Table 3.11b. WWTPs in the Minnesota River Watershed
Facility Name
Design
Capacity, mgd
Flow as % of
Ann Avg Flow,
Design
mgd
Capacity
2005 2005
Fairmont WWTP 3.900 1.595 41%
Granite Falls WWTP 1.111 0.477 43%
Madelia WWTP 1.310 0.907 69%
Mankato WWTP 11.250 6.861 61%
Marshall WWTP 4.500 2.518 56%
Met Council - Blue Lake WWTP* 37.000 28.420 77%
Met Council - Seneca WWTP* 39.000 23.353 60%
Montevideo WWTP 3.000 1.083 36%
New Prague WWTP 1.378 0.662 48%
New Ulm WWTP 6.770 2.582 38%
St James WWTP 2.960 1.032 35%
St Peter WWTP 4.000 1.170 29%
Waseca WWTP 3.500 1.580 45%
Wells Easton Minnesota Lake WWTP 1.088 0.516 47%
Winnebago WWTP 1.700 0.592 35%
Total 122.467 73.348 60%
* Design capacity changed per MCES instructions.