As of mid-July, construction on the refinery was about 70 percent complete and marching toward commercial production by late December 2014. Dakota Prairie Refining is located on a 350-acre plot in Stark County, North Dakota, about four miles southwest of Dickinson.
administrator, agrees, saying his city was excited to partner with the refinery on this project. “The new wastewater line will also allow service for new developments along the pipeline and also allow South Heart to connect to Dickinson’s treatment facility,” Kessel states.
Both of these pipeline systems were purposely overbuilt, beyond the needs of the refinery, to accommodate higher water usage from population growth in the area.
pipeline system will be recovered in short order from the agreement with the city to provide water to the refinery free-ofcharge until the value of the pipeline investment is returned.
The result is the closed-loop system between the wastewater treatment plant and the refinery. The new Dickinson wastewater treatment plant will produce between 2,000 to 3,000 gallons per minute that will flow through the water pipeline built and funded by the refinery. From these volumes, the refinery will take up to 200 gallons per minute for plant processes, returning to the system approximately 150 gallons per minute that eventually will go through the treatment plant again.
What both Dickinson and South Heart receive from the project is an expanded water system. “During the planning and construction of the pipeline, the efforts focused immensely on the needs of the county, and we are now able to tap into the line to water roads when an emergency presents itself, as well as provide much-needed firefighting assistance,” says Al Heiser, Stark County’s road superintendent. “It has been a positive experience working with the refinery and its contractors.”
The refinery’s investment in the water
He says the new production water line will allow a water vendor to be created near the new Interstate 94 interstate highway exit. “This water vendor will allow users, including oil drillers, to replace potable water with production water and be in a location that is closer to their needs.” Stumpf says the project was a rare “winwin.” “This system presented a solution for our water needs, but it also worked out to serve the needs of the neighboring cities and counties,” he says. “It was a lot of gymnastics to get this done, and I want to thank the visionary leaders of both Dickinson and South Heart, along with the others involved in this project. The result is a unique system that essentially recycles most of the water we use while providing significant benefits to the growing needs of the area.” w
Shawn Kessel, Dickinson city
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