General Info

Sanitary Districtof Hammond, located in Hammond, Ind., collects, transmits, stores and treats sewage and storm water from the City of Hammond and the Town of Munster, Ind., customer municipalities and industrial users. It also is responsible for the discharge of effluent into local watercourses and the disposal of residual solids. The Sanitary District of Hammond is a separate governmental unit with bonding powers and its own governing body of five Sanitary Commissioners - four appointed by the Mayor of Hammond and one by the Town Council of Munster. HSD was formed, by legislation, in 1938. Its sewage disposal plant, located at 5143 Columbia Avenue, was completed in 1941. In 1948, the town of Munster was added to the district s jurisdiction.