Welcome to the Silver Bay Public Utilities Department. The Utilities Department is staffed by one supervisor and three operators. The water and wastewater plants are monitored 24 hours a day 7 days a week by computers that can be monitored by our operators at home.<\/p>\n
Phone No.:<\/strong> 218.226.4408<\/p>\n Department Manager:<\/strong> Jason Roswold<\/p>\n Utility Department Location:<\/strong> 101 East Lakeview Drive, Silver Bay, MN 55614<\/p>\n Hours of Operation:<\/strong> Monday – Friday\u00a06:00 am –\u00a0 4:00 pm, Saturday & Sunday 6:00 am – 8:30 pm<\/p>\n The department is responsible for both the water and wastewater within the City of Silver Bay. Fresh water is taken out of Lake Superior and is treated as a surface water system.\u00a0 Sand and coal filters are used to purify the water along with chemical additions. Daily average water pumping is 180,000-220,000 gallons per day, which is about 1\/8 of the systems pumping capacity. The water is held in a 750,000 tank. There is a second 500,000 gallon tank that is not in use at this time.<\/p>\n The wastewater plant is located one half mile south of the department\u2019s main office at the water plant. It is a mechanical wastewater plant with a tricking filter which is the main biological reduction unit. Most of the plant is gravity fed which helps keep costs down. The system processes an average of 300,000 gallon\/day with a maximum capacity of 900,000.<\/p>\n \n\n\n