Brief · Minnesota · 2026-09-07

Water infrastructure intelligence — Minnesota

2026-09-07 · Clean Water SRF, Drinking Water SRF · $5.5B in tracked project value · list shrank 1,552 → 1,443 (SFY2027)
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Advanced to funding
476
New listings
171
Rising
18
Cost changes
119
No longer listed
117

Top developments

New listing · rank #52
MCES Crow River

New WWTP. Est. cost $182.0M.

CWSRF
New listing · rank #373
Apple Valley

Treatment - PFAS Removal. Est. cost $99.2M.

DWSRF · Dakota
Moved onto the IUP roster
Alexandria LASD

Adv trmt - phos, expand treatment. Requested $86.0M.

CWSRF

Advanced to the funding plan

476

Projects that moved off the priority list onto the plan the state intends to fund — the closest signal to imminent procurement. Ordered by requested amount.

EntityScopeProgramRequested
Alexandria LASDAdv trmt - phos, expand treatmentCWSRF$86.0M
Albert LeaAdv trmt - phos, rehab treatmentCWSRF$80.0M
Metropolitan CouncilElec Dist Renew, Ph 3CWSRF$60.0M
DuluthOther-LSL Replacement-2026DWSRF$56.5M
LitchfieldRehab treatment, expand bio capacityCWSRF$52.4M
MankatoRehab trmt, digester and disinfection improvementsCWSRF$49.4M
Western Lake Superior SDEffluent Filtration ImpCWSRF$40.0M
OwatonnaAdv trmt - phos, expand treatmentCWSRF$39.9M
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Rising in priority

Projects that climbed materially in the ranking year over year — the least-watched signal in the document.

EntityScopeProgramRank movement
CloquetTreatment - W11 Manganese PlantDWSRF#780 → #59 · ▲721
StillwaterTreatment - PFAS W9 Treatment PlantDWSRF#969 → #381 · ▲588
White Bear TownshipTreatment - PFAS TP1 UpgradeDWSRF#975 → #390 · ▲585
Little FallsWatermain - 1st Street ImprovementsDWSRF#448 → #50 · ▲398
LambertonSource - New Well, Rehab Well 1DWSRF#793 → #488 · ▲305
LambertonTreatment - New PlantDWSRF#791 → #487 · ▲304
GranadaRehab treatment, add pondCWSRF#275 → #27 · ▲248
HendersonTreatment - New Iron Removal PlantDWSRF#740 → #513 · ▲227
WatkinsStorage - New 50,000 Gal TowerDWSRF#845 → #653 · ▲192
GhentWatermain - Replacement Phase 1DWSRF#693 → #505 · ▲188
AitkinRehab treatmentCWSRF#273 → #130 · ▲143
Clara CityRehab collection and treatmentCWSRF#225 → #113 · ▲112

County heat — Minnesota

Polk County — $38.9MRed Lake County — $11.7MMeeker County — $126.6MIsanti County — $1.2MRock County — $23.5MCarver County — $274.9MKandiyohi County — $154.1MCottonwood County — $10.5MFreeborn County — $271.9MBenton County — $44.0MDouglas County — $24.2MMurray County — $81.8MPipestone County — $70.3MCarlton County — $51.5MAitkin County — $45.1MRice County — $65.8MWatonwan County — $38.1MOtter Tail County — $292.5MPennington County — $4.7MMahnomen County — $9.7MRoseau County — $17.5MMartin County — $207.6MBeltrami County — $32.0MSt. Louis County — $472.0MDodge County — $38.6MLe Sueur County — $43.3MSteele County — $176.1MNobles County — $45.4MSibley County — $116.6MOlmsted County — $160.2MLyon County — $151.7MRenville County — $80.5MTodd County — $44.4MCook County — $17.9MLincoln County — $57.6MRedwood County — $146.6MLake County — $95.1MBrown County — $53.4MKittson County — $6.1MLac qui Parle County — $46.1MWaseca County — $25.7MHouston County — $19.5MJackson County — $31.5MWashington County — $50.2MChisago County — $50.2MFaribault County — $77.5MBlue Earth County — $299.9MNicollet County — $70.3MStevens County — $4.2MMille Lacs County — $17.2MMower County — $78.7MGrant County — $27.4MHubbard County — $7.2MBig Stone County — $76.4MWadena County — $26.4MChippewa County — $29.5MWabasha County — $96.1MKoochiching County — $36.3MNorman County — $42.3MBecker County — $11.9MGoodhue County — $138.4MRamsey County — $47.0MYellow Medicine County — $46.9MFillmore County — $120.4MWright County — $264.8MWilkin County — $19.6MSwift County — $57.1MMarshall County — $37.9MPine County — $7.3MScott County — $77.6MClearwater County — $10.6MCrow Wing County — $260.1MDakota County — $274.4MItasca County — $57.8MCass County — $10.7MKanabec County — $10.3MSherburne County — $186.0MWinona County — $115.8MPope County — $27.6MMcLeod County — $69.2MLake of the Woods County — $9.3MMorrison County — $92.8MClay County — $136.5MHennepin County — $496.9MAnoka County — $56.6MTraverse County — $41.2MStearns County — $148.9M
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Project types this snapshot

Wastewater treatment174
Water treatment205
Collection & sewer222
Watermain & distribution353
Nutrient removal50
Regionalization48
Coverage note

Projects seeking SRF financing — not every municipal water or wastewater project in Minnesota. Source: Minnesota Public Facilities Authority — Clean Water SRF, Drinking Water SRF (IUP/PPL). Stages are labeled precisely; "no longer listed" does not assert an outcome.