Veterans Day is Thursday, November 11th, 2021 and we want to honor and celebrate some of our Muncie Sanitary District employees that served our Country. Thank you for your service! Muncie Sanitary District Veterans: Randy Justice, Rick Hammond, Charles Williams (*not pictured), Billy Smith, Leo Scaife, Mike Wilson, Dave Fagin, Ira Benford, Buddy Fowler, Todd…
We need your help to name our newest trash truck! Starting October 20th, you can post your idea for a name on our Facebook post about the contest or by submitting it through an online form. We will accept name submissions up until November 3rd, 2021, at 5p. Staff will pick the top 10 names…
Update on the levee Improvements and log jam removal at the Fallen Heroes Memorial Bridge in downtown Muncie. The log jam has now been moved from under the bridge to an area where our Peterson claw trucks can get easier access to them for removal. They have begun removing the logs and taking them to…
We’ve had some good questions come in about the new access road, levee improvements, and log jam removal happening downtown at the Fallen Heroes Memorial Bridge. Here is a brief video on-site with MSD Administrator John Barlow and Phil Tevis from Flatland Resources answering some of your questions.
Freshwater mussels are essential to aquatic ecosystems because they are the natural “filters” of the waterways. They were once plentiful in the Midwest but have been depleted through numerous human activities. Native freshwater mussels are now protected (it is illegal to touch not only live mussels, but the shells as well!) and many of the…
For Immediate Release: Road Closures Starting Monday 06/21/21 at Sycamore Avenue & Sharon Drive The intersection of Sycamore Avenue and Sharon Drive will be closed starting Monday, June 21st, 2021 for a storm sewer project. Work and closures are expected to continue along Sharon Drive over to Meeker Avenue and a block north on Meeker…
The Muncie Sanitary District’s Recycling Department has purchased 5-gallon 3-feet tall battery recycling towers for MSD and City offices. These towers will be placed in offices and on each floor of City Hall for employees and the public to place old alkaline, lithium, and cell phone batteries into the towers to be recycled through the…
A friendly reminder that we are running one day behind in trash pickup this week due to Tuesday’s severe weather. If your trash day was Tuesday, it will get picked up today. If your trash day is Wednesday, it will now get picked up on Thursday, and so on, through Saturday. Please help our drivers…
On February 10th, 2021 at the Muncie Sanitary District’s Board of Commissioner’s meeting, Jason Donati, the Stormwater and Recycling Educator, gave an update on changes to the community Shred Day event, announced spring neighborhood cleanup dates, and gave a report on the total amount of Household Hazardous Waste diverted from the landfill in 2020. Shred…
Please see the request for bids for the mowing of the levee that was published in the Star Press: Notice of Letting: Request for Bids for the Muncie Sanitary District Levee Mowing