Go to the Environmental Services Division page
www.ci.superior.wi.us/esd
and click on the History tab to open a page that has a slide show (pdf file) on sewage treatment in the early days of Superior, including when there was over 40,000 people living in town. In the beginning there was none - no treatment. Raw sewage regularly went out to local rivers and to Lake Superior. It wasn't until 1958 that this facility opened. Improvements in cleaning the wastewater have been added over the years. The wastewater treatment plant is one big part to help keep local waters clean and healthy for aquatic organisms and for us!
It was interesting to see the controversy in place and how many people felt a treatment plant wasn't necessary.
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