Blue Lake Wastewater Treatment Plant, Savage, Minnesota

Aerial view of the Blue Lake Wastewater Treatment Plant in Savage, Minnesota, showing circular clarifiers used for processing wastewater from the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area.
Aerial view of the Blue Lake Wastewater Treatment Plant in Savage, Minnesota, showing circular clarifiers used for processing wastewater from the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area.

Blue Lake Wastewater Treatment Plant in Savage, Minnesota, is shown from above with a series of circular clarifiers used in the treatment process. Operated by the Metropolitan Council Environmental Services, the facility handles sewage from communities in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area, including Shakopee. These settling basins are part of the plant’s primary and secondary treatment system, where solids are separated from wastewater before further processing and discharge.

Photo taken in May 2016.

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