Pre-RFPUtilitiesDetected May 22, 2026

0 mg/L) will help reduce copper. The May 22, 2026 public notice states that the utility is working with the Minnesota Department of Health on improving drinking water quality, developing a customer education program, and conducting ongoing lead and copper monitoring on a six‑month schedule. This combination of treatment changes, regulatory coordination, and outreach suggests a multi‑year program of water quality optimization rather than a one‑off fix, but no vendors or contracts are named yet.Vendors in water treatment, corrosion control chemicals/equipment, monitoring/SCADA, and public education can position services to support dosing adjustments, optimization studies, instrumentation, and customer communication tools as the utility moves from study results into implementation. Follow‑up should focus on how they plan to operationalize the recommended polyphosphate changes and scale the education program over the next monitoring cycles.

Key technical lever identified is increasing polyphosphate feed to ~4.0 mg/L based on the recent corrosion control study; customer education program is still being developed.

HRA of SAUK CENTRE, MINNESOTASauk Centre corrosion control and copper reduction program

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