Water

Wastewater Treatment

Storm Sewer

Sanitation

Power

Media

Recycling

The City is connected to the Marshall Polk Rural Water Association. A 6-inch line supplies water to a storage reservoir within the city limits. This water is pumped into our water tower, which then supplies our residents with a 550,000-gallon capacity of water. The City currently uses approximately 35,800 gallons of water per day during the 5 summer months and 20,300 gallons of water per day during the 7 off-season months.

The wastewater treatment needs of the City of Oslo are currently served by a system of sewage lagoons initially constructed in 1968. The original 1968 sewage lagoon configuration consisted of a single primary treatment pond of 5.2 acres and a single secondary treatment pond of 2.61 acres. In anticipation of increased industrial activity (new potato processing facility) and a subsequent need to increase their wastewater treatment capacity, the City of Oslo expanded their sewage lagoon system. The 1977 improvements resulted in a lagoon system two primary treatment ponds (20.4 acres and 15.3 acres) and two secondary treatment ponds (5.2 acres and 6.8 acres.

Oslo has a citywide storm sewer system that drains to the Red River of the North. A Booster station with three 16-inch submersible pumps discharge water during the periods when the Red River has high water levels and our gate wells must remain closed. Because of federal NPDES regulations, it would be necessary to evaluate alternatives for any additional capacity.

The City has a contract with Northern Sanitation out of  Stephen for the collection of all commercial and residential garbage. Industrial wastes would have to be evaluated for proper disposal. Citizens may contact the City to arrange for the disposal of white goods and steel.

Ottertail Power Co provides electrical service for Oslo. Both single and three-phase electric are available. There is a power substation located by the Oslo water tower. The rural area around Oslo has service provided by PKM Electric Cooperative for the Minnesota residents and Nodak Electric for the North Dakota residents.

Propane is available from Farmers Union Oil of Oslo and Argyle. Fuel Oil is available from TL Oil, Oslo, and Farmers Union Oil of Oslo and Argyle.

Frontier provides landline telephone service. Internet access is available through Wikstrom Internet Service and Rural Access. Cellular telephone access is available through Cellular One, Cellular 2000, and Verizon Wireless. Midcontinent Cable provides cable television service. 

The Warren Sheaf, which is published on Wednesdays, and the Grand Forks Herald, which is published daily, services the community of Oslo.

WDAZ, Channel 8, is the local television station, out of Grand Forks, ND.

KaMar Recycling has a large recycling bin located by the City shop on River Street. It has bins for newspaper, tin, clear, brown and green glass, aluminum, and plastic recycling.