Community Project Funding Requests
Butterfield Water Treatment and Infrastructure Improvements Project
Location: 103 2nd Street North, PO Box F, Butterfield, MN 56120
Project Sponsor: City of Butterfield
Requested Amount: $4,000,000
Use of Funds and Justification:
The funding would be used to make needed repairs and upgrades to the wastewater treatment facility due to failing and hazardous infrastructure; replacement of the city's force main and lift station due to unsafe conditions; and replacement of sanitary manholes that are crumbling and cannot be driven over.
The project is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds because the city's current wastewater treatment facility has crumbling infrastructure which endangers the city's wastewater system. Additionally, the city’s lift station that pumps all sewage collected from the city requires entry into a hazardous and unsafe confined space and the system as a whole has created unsafe conditions for the community.
