Bloomington Water Treatment Plant

Solids handling operations began in 1985 and the landfill opened in 1986.

Bloomington water treatment plant. It was placed in operation in may of 1982. Dillman road wastewater treatment plant is located south of bloomington at the intersection of bypass 37 and dillman road. Utility operators stationed at the water plant also serve as the 24 hour contact people for water emergencies. Griffy water treatment plant has been decommissioned for 23 years but is costing the city hundreds of thousands of dollars in cleanup because of mercury released by trespassers.

It s the water that buoys bloomington s industry flows through our local food and drink establishments irrigates. Hobbs water treatment plant was built in 1973 and an expansion was completed in 2002. It treats wastewater generated in the northern part of bloomington monroe county serving the area north of 11th street and the smith avenue lift station. The plant has a design capacity of 15 million gallons daily and a peak hydraulic capacity in excess of 30 million gallons daily.

It is a two stage complete mix activated sludge plant with tertiary anthracite filtration. They realized the mercury was. The effluent is discharged into bean blossom. The plant operates 24 hours a day every day of the year.

Built in 1925 the griffy reservoir and water treatment plant produced the first reliable long term drinking water supply for bloomington and monroe county. City of bloomington utilities first discovered mercury in 2017 and hired a contractor for environmental cleanup. City of bloomington utilities celebrated the 50th anniversary of the monroe water treatment plant. With pumping initiated on september 9 1967 mwtp is where lake monroe water becomes the drinking water for the 145 000 residents of bloomington iu monroe county and beyond.

In summer 2018 cbu found more mercury in a different part of the building. As a result bloomington had a long history of water shortages especially in dry seasons. Today our community is served by the monroe water treatment plant which sources its water from lake monroe. Disinfection and phosphorus removal.