An aging sanitary pump station and 4-inch force main convey wastewater five miles from the Rainbow Casino in the town of Port Edwards, Wis., to the Nekoosa wastewater treatment plant. Concerns about the station’s reliability and capacity, and pending casino expansion, prompted Ho-Chunk Nation leaders to contact engineer Scott Chilson of MSA Professional Services in Baraboo, Wis.Chilson recommended replacing the pump station and doubling the diameter of the force main. A site for the new facility was available, but the privately owned force main was in a public easement controlled by Wood County, the Town of Port Edwards, and the
