City of Rensselaer Indiana - Official Website

Water and Sewage Department

Water Department Information Guide

The Water Department was established in 1898 and has grown to have 2517 current customers. The City of Rensselaer has a water plant that is located at 210 N. College Avenue, which holds the equipment that controls the salt, flouride and chlorine that runs through our city water. There are two water towers inthe City of Rensselaer that hold a total of 600,000 gallons of water and the water plant holds 500,000 gallons of water. The employees of the Water Department are responsible for the maintenance of the wells, plant, towers and alsothe maintenance of individual water meters that are in each business and residence in the City of Rensselaer. The office for the Water Department is located at 820 E. Walnut Street and is open Monday - Friday from 7:30AM to 4:00PM (CST) and can be reached at 219-866-5530. The information for billing and water rates can be found in City Hall at the utility office. The hours at the utility office are also 7:30AM to 4:00PM (CST). The utility office number is 219-866-7884.

Waste Water Treatment Plant Information Guide

The City of Rensselaer Sewage Department was established in 1898 along with the Water Department. The current Waste Water Treatment Plant (WWTP) is located at 1750 Daugherty Road in the City of Rensselaer and started operation on August 01, 1990. The WWTP is responsible for the daily sewage that run through the City and is designed to hold 1.2 million gallons of sewage per day. The WWTP operates as a filter for the raw sewage and cleans it of all suspended solids and ammonia. If needed, the plant can operate at three (3) million gallons per day. There is a fleet of five (5) vehicles, which include the Vactor truck for cleaning sewer lines, the Sewer Camera that can run through sewer lines to look for blockages in the main city lines, a sludge truck, and two (2) maintenance trucks. The WWTP operates twenty four (24) hours per day and is manned eight (8) hours per day, seven (7) days per week. The plant is open from 7:30AM to 4:00PM (CST) Monday-Friday. The phone number for the WWTP is (219) 866-5699.

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION PLAN

The City of Rensselaer has adopted a Public Notification Plan (PNP) to address combined sewer overflow (CSO) discharges to the Iroquois River pursuant to State Environment Rule 327 IAC 5-2.1 The purpose of this rule is to make the community aware of the potential health impacts resulting from a combined sewer overflow discharge and to notify members of the public who may be immediately affected by a combined sewer overflow discharge so that they can avoid contact with or ingestion of water from a waterway that may be affected by a combined sewer overflow discharge.

The City of Rensselaer has established a plan for accomplishing this task. In addition to warnings signs already posted at the Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) structures, signs have been installed at the following locations:

Iroquois Park
Weston Cemetery
Bicentennial Park
NW Corner of Washington Street Bridge

We will provide a public notice in the Rensselaer Republican newspaper in March of each year regarding the method of CSO notification that will be provided for occurring or anticipated CSO events. This notice will be provided for occurring or anticipated CSO events. This notice will include directions on how to access the City's website for CSO notification and a descripition of the information contained on the site. It will allow media, affected public and other interested persons in the CSO community to request receipt of CSO notification consistent with the requirements of 327 IAC 5-2.1-6(a)(2).

The City has a website that will post notification whenever a discharge or discharges from one (1) or rmore combined sewer overflow outfall is occurring.