1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to environment; appropriating money for a pilot program for wastewater
1.3 treatment facility heat capture.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. APPROPRIATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT WASTE HEAT
1.6RECOVERY PILOT PROGRAM.
1.7 (a) $....... in fiscal year 2026 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner
1.8of the Pollution Control Agency for a pilot program to capture waste heat from wastewater
1.9treatment facilities to provide heat through integration with a new or existing district energy
1.10system or other means. The commissioner must use this appropriation to:
1.11 (1) identify wastewater facilities throughout the state where waste heat from wastewater
1.12treatment could feasibly be captured and integrated;
1.13 (2) quantify the total amount of energy available for heating purposes;
1.14 (3) fund engineering review and design for one project located in the seven-county
1.15metropolitan area and one project located outside the metropolitan area; and
1.16 (4) produce the report required by paragraph (b).
1.17 (b) By December 1, 2027, the commissioner must report to the chairs and ranking
1.18minority members of the legislative committees with primary jurisdiction over environment
1.19policy and finance on the pilot project funded under this section. The report must include:
1.20 (1) the sites identified under paragraph (a), clause (1);
1Section 1.
25-04114 as introduced02/19/25 REVISOR CKM/CH
SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 2106NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: MCEWEN)
OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
Introduction and first reading03/03/2025
Referred to Environment, Climate, and Legacy 2.1 (2) an explanation of the potential challenges to implementing waste heat capture systems
2.2at wastewater treatment plants and the benefits of doing so; and
2.3 (3) identification of potential funding sources to implement such projects in the future.
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25-04114 as introduced02/19/25 REVISOR CKM/CH