Open Channel News

Open Channel News is a news bulletin that serves the industrial customers of Metropolitan Council Environmental Services. The newsletter provides information that may affect industrial customer business, such as industrial user rates and fees, reporting requirements, emerging pretreatment program concerns, and other wastewater issues.

PDF of the October 2026 issue

October 2026

  • For more than half a century, sewer charge keeps wastewater system sustainable
  • Energy project at Blue Lake earns Met Council big rebate
  • Recommending no change to local limits
  • MnTAP’s industrial chloride reduction project
  • PFAS updates
  • 2027 industrial user rates and fees adopted in August
  • 2026 Industrial User rates and fees
  • Stay connected! 
PDF of the May 2026 issue

May 2026

  • Sacred Water Shared Future campaign
  • 2026 Industrial Customer Workshop – May 12
  • Real-time disposal site alerts are now available online and by email
  • How haulers can identify industrial waste
  • PFAS survey and monitoring updates
  • Please welcome our new permit staff - Liv Nelson
  • 2026 Industrial User rates and fees
  • Let’s stay connected
PDF of the April 2024 issue

October 2025

  • The Metro water resource recovery facility is impressive
  • PFAS Products Survey due October 31
  • IWPP PFAS work to date
  • MnTAP PFAS assistance available to industries
  • New Liquid Waste Hauler Load Tracker Template Available
  • 2026 Industrial User rates and fees adopted in July
  • 2025 Industrial User rates and fees
  • Let’s stay connected!

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