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Gridor Construction, Buffalo, is working on a $14 million upgrade and rebuild of Luverne’s 60-year-old wastewater treatment system.
The wastewater plant is being rebuilt, and major components — some that are original to the 1956 plant — are being replaced.
The work is divided into two major parts.
The first part — to be finished by June 2020, will be primarily utilized by Premium Iowa Pork, which is paying $6.7 million of the $14 million project.
The other part of the project, with an estimated completion by November 2020, is to improve wastewater treatment capacity for the future growth of the community.
In all, the project will nearly double the capacity of the city’s current treatment plant capacity.
So far, the foundation and walls of the new oxidation ditch are poured and progress continues on the primary clarifier.
Gridor is also making progress on excavation for the final clarifier, and footings are poured for the new splitter box.
The wet season has presented issues for this project and others, in that the excavation has encountered high water levels.
To remedy it, Gridor has utilized several dewatering wells.