Met Council Metropolitan WWTP
2400 Childs Rd, Saint Paul, MN 55106 · Ramsey County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 164.27 MGD
- Design flow
- —
- NPDES permit
- MNL029815
- Effective
- Permit expires
- December 2030
- Population served
- 2,033,541
- CWNS 2022
Met Council Metropolitan WWTP is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota treating an average of 164.27 million gallons per day, serving about 2,033,541 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit MNL029815 (effective), which expires in December 2030, with 0 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 2 formal enforcement actions naming the plant, the latest in May 2026.
Treatment technology
One treatment structure or unit process identified at Met Council Metropolitan WWTP.
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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 0
- Effluent violations
- 0
Based on NPDES Discharge Monitoring Reports. Full violation history, parameters and discharge data available in the Klarifi platform.
EPA enforcement history
Federal civil enforcement cases, compliance inspections and informal actions recorded for Met Council Metropolitan WWTP in EPA's ICIS system.
- Formal actions
- 2
- 0 since FY2020
- Penalties assessed
- $1.9M
- all cases
- Compliance actions
- $200M
- required by EPA orders
- EPA inspections
- 2
- latest Jun 2009
Latest case · May 2026
METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
Judicial case · CAA, New Source Performance Standards · Final Order With Penalty & Specified Cost Recovery · Penalty $250,000 · Compliance actions $200M
Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 05-1997-0405.
1 informal enforcement action (notices of violation and similar), the latest in Nov 2009.
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Every action against Met Council Metropolitan WWTP with dates, milestones, violation types and EPA's complete case summaries, plus inspections and informal actions.
Capital improvement projects in Saint Paul
Saint Paul's capital improvement plan lists 6 water, sewer and wastewater line items worth $62M starting 2025–2025. The largest budgeted items are shown here.
All water and sewer capital projects in Saint Paul →
| Project | Budget | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Sewer Repairs (City, County, State Projects) | $18,500,000 | 2025–2029 |
| Tunnel Rehab | $13,500,000 | 2025–2029 |
| Pump Station Renovations | $12,500,000 | 2025–2029 |
| Citywide Sewer Repairs | $7,500,000 | 2025–2029 |
| Sewer Rehab | $7,500,000 | 2025–2029 |
Full project details — scope, funding source, engineering consultant and the decision-makers behind each project — are available in Klarifi, along with similar wastewater capital projects in other cities.
Key contacts
2 verified contacts for Met Council Metropolitan WWTP, with validated emails and direct phone numbers.
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Robbinsdale · 15 mi away
0.66 MGD
Hastings · 16 mi away
1.42 MGD
Vermillion · 18 mi away
0.02 MGD
Farmington · 18 mi away
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Shakopee · 21 mi away
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Met Council Metropolitan WWTP: frequently asked questions
Sources and methodology
Flow, permit and violation figures come from the EPA's ICIS-NPDES discharge monitoring records. Population served comes from the Clean Watersheds Needs Survey 2022. Treatment structures are identified by Klarifi's review of aerial imagery, and capital improvement projects are extracted from published municipal budget documents. Violations are counted over the last three years of monitoring reports.
Data refreshed October 26, 2026; facility record last updated March 6, 2025.
Wastewater terms: POTW · MGD · NPDES permit · Inflow and infiltration · Oxidation ditch · Anaerobic digester · all terms