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News releases and featured stories from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is committed to ensuring that every Minnesotan has healthy air, sustainable lands, clean water, and a better climate.
With all the talk about health these days, consider the health of the soil beneath your feet. Farmers in western Minnesota are doing just that, teaming up to improve soil health.
For National Farmers Day, a profile of pork and crop farmer Randy Spronk of Edgerton, Minnesota, and his sustainable ag practices.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) requests public comment on a rule that will shape nation-leading restrictions on the use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
Helped by an MPCA grant, Coon Rapids increased local options for electric vehicle drivers with two new charging stations at public buildings.
MPCA staff toured three farms in southeastern Minnesota. The purpose of external communications is to show that the agency cares about education and outreach, and we get out in the field to learn on site.
The MPCA, Dakota County, and the Minnesota Department of Health will jointly host two community meetings about a recent event at Gopher Resource in Eagan.
Researchers collect samples of sediment from the bottom of Lake of the Woods in 2024. (Photo courtesy of St. Croix Watershed Research Station) After years of study…
SSTS staff contact information and areas of responsibility.
The MPCA certifies Minnesota municipal, government, or industrial laboratories that are used to comply with National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)/State Disposal System (SDS) permits or for water quality work for agency programs.
The MPCA's regulatory, cleanup, and monitoring programs create and maintain spatial data that serve our environmental protection work and can be shared with partners and researchers.
Organics recycling reduces greenhouse gas emissions and keeps waste out of landfills. MPCA answers commonly asked questions about how and why to participate in organics recycling programs.
Learn what steps you can take to reduce the pollution from small neighborhood sources.
Public invited to comment on draft guidance A fish kill at Trout Valley Creek near Minneiska. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) today released a…
What is the blue-green scum that looks like spilled paint?In lakes that are over-enriched with phosphorus and nitrogen, algae tend to prosper and create algae blooms. Blue-green algae and one type in…
Ask the MPCA features questions Minnesotans have asked us, on the issues the agency works on, from waste disposal, water and air quality, and chemicals in products to recycling and reuse,…
Regular people are pretty good at judging water quality, and new research from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) proves it.
Guidance for MPCA contractor and subcontractors
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is planning amendments to rules governing water quality fees (Minn. R. ch. 7002 and 7083).