The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) recognized 75 wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) in southern Minnesota for outstanding permit compliance. To receive this recognition, facilities were required to demonstrate consistent compliance with monitoring, operations, and maintenance requirements, submit all reports to the MPCA correctly and on time and employ staff certified by the MPCA in wastewater operations.The following facilities in southeastern Minnesota have received the award (facilities are listed alphabetically by city):
| Adams WWTP | Michael Foods Inc. – Lake Prairie Farm (Le Sueur) |
| Altura WWTP | Lewisville WWTP |
| Bellechester WWTP | Lonsdale WWTP |
| Blooming Prairie WWTP | Mabel WWTP |
| Blue Earth WWTP | Mapleton WWTP |
| Seneca Foods Corp – Blue Earth | Minnesota City WWTP |
| Brownsdale WWTP | Seneca Foods Corp – Montgomery |
| Byron WWTP | Morristown WWTP |
| Ceylon WWTP | New Ulm WWTP |
| Chatfield WWTP | Odin-Ormsby WWTP |
| Comfrey WWTP | Oronoco Estates (Oronoco) |
| Dexter WWTP | Ostrander WWTP |
| Dunnell WWTP | Meriden Township WWTP (Owatonna) |
| Elmore WWTP | MNDOT – Straight River Rest Area (Owatonna) |
| Elysian WWTP | Pemberton WWTP |
| Fairmont WWTP | Pine Island WWTP |
| Faribault WWTP | Plainview-Elgin Sanitary District |
| MNDOT – Heath Creek Rest Area (Faribault) | Hallmark Terrace WWTP (Rochester) |
| Freeborn WWTP | Rochester WWTP/Water Reclamation Plant |
| Frost WWTP | Whitewater River Regional WWTP (Saint Charles) |
| Saint George District Sewer System (Gibbon) | Saint Clair WWTP |
| MNDOT Albert Lea Travel Information Ctr (Glenville) | Springfield WWTP |
| Good Thunder WWTP | Stewartville WWTP |
| Grand Meadow WWTP | Great River Energy – Lakefield Junction Station (Trimont) |
| Hammond WWTP | Trimont WWTP |
| Hartland WWTP | Truman WWTP |
| Hayfield WWTP | Twin Lakes WWTP |
| Hayward WWTP | Utica WWTP |
| Hokah WWTP | Wabasha WWTP |
| Houston WWTP | Waseca WWTP |
| Janesville WWTP | CenterPoint Energy – Waterville |
| Kellogg WWTP | Waterville WWTP |
| Kenyon WWTP | West Concord WWTP |
| Lafayette WWTP | Camp Victory WWTP (Zumbro Falls) |
| Lake City WWTP | Zumbro Falls WWTP |
| Lake Crystal WWTP | Frontenac Heritage Acres 3rd Addition (Zumbrota) |
| Le Center WWTP | Zumbrota WWTP |
| Le Sueur WWTP |
“The MPCA appreciates the considerable efforts by permittees and operators to protect and preserve water quality,” said Dana Vanderbosch, Assistant Commissioner for Water Policy and Agriculture at MPCA. “It is this kind of difficult work that has enabled Minnesota to significantly reduce pollution coming from point sources like sewage treatment facilities.”A total of 273 wastewater treatment plants across Minnesota are being recognized for the award. Minnesota has approximately 1,600 municipal and industrial wastewater treatment facilities. Community, institution, or treatment plant size were not factors in awarding the certificates.A complete list of winners is available on the MPCA’s Wastewater Treatment Facility Operations Award webpage.