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Take a Virtual Tour

Explore the City of Saint Cloud's Rain Gardens and Solar Energy Sites

City of St. Cloud's Rain Gardens

The City of St. Cloud owns and maintains 63 rain gardens. The rain gardens highlighted within this tour were installed with State Clean Water Grant assistance and in partnership with other local government units and multiple City departments. Take the tour and explore the rain gardens here. 

City of Saint Cloud's Solar Energy Sites

Take a virtual tour of the City of St. Cloud's sources of solar energy. The City gets solar energy from solar arrays mounted on city-owned properties as well as community solar gardens. Take the tour and explore the solar energy sites here. 

Rain Rain garden filled with wildflowers
Aerial Photo of the St. Cloud Wastewater Treatment Facility and it's Solar Farm

MN PFA, Other City Projects

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Aerial Photo of St. Cloud Wastewater Treatment Plant
The Clean Water SRF is supported through a combination of federal capitalization grants from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, state matching funds, loan repayments, and bond proceeds from PFA revenue bonds. Since 1989, Minnesota's Clean Water SRF has received $744 million in federal funds. These funds have been leveraged almost 4 to 1 by the PFA to award more than 500 wastewater loans totaling over $2.8 billion.
Aerial Photo of the St. Cloud, MN hydro electric dam and Mississippi River
The Drinking Water SRF is supported through a combination of federal capitalization grants from the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, state matching funds, loan repayments and bond proceeds from PFA revenue bonds. Since 1999, Minnesota has received $355 million in federal drinking water funds. These funds have been leveraged more than 2 to 1 by the PFA to award more than 385 drinking water loans totaling over $775 million.

Looking Back on 2018

Mission Statement


The mission of the Public Utilities Department is to provide utility services to our customers in a safe, cost-effective manner, while providing excellent customer service and protecting the environment.
Annual Reports
2017 Annual Report