(Milford)– The longtime head of the Iowa Great Lakes Sanitary Sewer District announced today (Wednesday) he’ll be retiring in October. Glen Petersen has been Superintendent of the district for some 33 years and will be stepping down October 19th. Petersen tells KUOO news he’s seen a lot of changes over those years, with the most significant one taking place just within the last year or so…(click here for comment from Petersen.)
And Petersen says even more changes are on the horizon in order for the system to keep up with continued growth of the lakes area…(click here for comment from Petersen.)
And as far as what he’s going to miss about the job, Petersen says it’s the people…(click here for comment from Petersen.)
It was also announced today (Wednesday) that Steve Anderson of Milford has been hired as Petersen’s replacement. Anderson’s first day with the district will be September 4th. He is a 1999 graduate of South Dakota State University with a B.S. in Environmental Science and minors in chemistry and biology.
Anderson has served the past 12 years as Cleanwater Alliance Coordinator and Urban Conservationist for the Dickinson County Soil and Water Conservation District. He has also served in the Army National Guard since 1994.
The Iowa Great Lakes Sanitary Sewer District owns and operates about 125 miles of gravity sewer and sewer force mains along with 64 sanitary lift stations and the wastewater treatment plant located northeast of Milford. That facility treats an average of 3.7 million gallons of wastewater a day, with the clean effluent being discharged into Milford Creek.
The district’s service area covers more than 12,000 acres and includes the communities of Arnolds Park, Okoboji, Milford, Orleans, Spirit Lake, West Okoboji and Wahpeton.
