Highlights:

Completed Projects

  • 1995 - Completion of  $3.2 million dollar treatment plant upgrade.
  • 1998 - Completion of major upgrades to collection system lift stations.
  • 2000 - Completion of major new lift station on the North side of town for commercial growth.
  • 2001 - Completion of $625,000 project to remove clear water intrusion (I&I) from the sanitary sewer system.
  • 2003 - Completion of $3.7 million dollar sewer collection system expansion around the City.
  • 2004 - Completed a $275,000.00 sanitary sewer line extension to the Huntingburg Airport Property. Completed a project in cooperation with the Huntingburg Airport that eliminated the current mound system at the airport, added two lift stations and provided the  Huntingburg Airport with complete sanitary sewer service.
  • 2011-Completion of  $2.6 million dollar berm project.   Excess dirt was used from a  recently built overflow lagoon to construct  an earthen berm that prevents the wastewater plant from flooding.
  • Completed the leachate collection system for the old landfill.
  • Developed and implements HOPP - Homeowner Protection Plan ordinance that requires all  sewer laterals to be inspected upon the change of ownership. View Ordinance.

Upcoming/Ongoing Projects

  • Currently the Department is working on obtaining funding for a slip lining hundreds of feet of wastewater lines in an effort to reduce I&I. ( clear water intrusion)