BNWRD with Executive Director Tim Ervin
On episode #49 of the Building BN podcast, BNEDC CEO Patrick Hoban and Community Marketing Manager Whitney Chesher, sit down to speak with Tim Ervin, Executive Director of the Bloomington-Normal Water Reclamation District (BNWRD).
From their website, BNWRD has been cleaning Bloomington-Normal’s wastewater since 1919, when the residents of Bloomington and Normal voted to create a sanitary district. Working under the authority of a permit from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the BNWRD is a local environmental agency dedicated to recycling wastewater safely, efficiently, and economically. In addition to water treatment, the BNWRD has established two experimental wetlands in an entirely natural environment in Randolph Township, where nature cleans the impurities from wastewater without equipment, power, chemicals, or human intervention.
Ervin explains that Bloomington-Normal’s recent growth creates challenges for the water district. He says, “The district has been around for about 100 years, and we have infrastructure throughout Bloomington Normal. We serve the Village of Downs and the Bloomington Public Water Township Public Water District. And the big challenge is maintaining the old infrastructure while planning for the new infrastructure.”
Listen to this episode of the Building BN podcast in its entirety here, including more information about the BNWRD and what a typical day looks like for Ervin. For more information about BNWRD, please visit their website.
