Show All Water-related Fact Sheets
Permit-related fact sheets
Permitting Strategy for Addressing Mercury in Municipal and Industrial Wastewater Permits. This fact sheet provides guidance for major facilities with mercury-monitoring requirements either included or proposed for inclusion in their NPDES/SDS water-quality permits. - Environmental Management at Aggregate Operations. This fact sheet summarizes pollution prevention opportunities and MPCA permitting requirements for aggregate operations. Some general information about permit programs administered by other agencies also is provided.
- Facts About Sewage Bypass. This provides a brief overview of the problems, causes, environmental impacts and prevention options associated with sewage overflows.
- Guidelines for wastewater-treatment facilities during a flood
- Feedlot Permit Application Process
- NPDES/SDS Permits - Permitting Process for Surface-water Dischargers
- Permit Application Requirements for Manure Composting Facilities
- Water-quality Permit Requirements for Wastewater Discharges to Ground Surface and Subsurface
- Water Quality Permitting for Gravel Mining and Hot Mix Asphalt Operations. Explains the new general water-quality permit that covers certain activities at gravel mining, stone quarrying and hot mix asphalt operations.
Financial assistance
- State Revolving Loan Program for Wastewater or Storm-water Facilities. This fact sheet provides information on how to receive low-interest loans through the State Revolving Loan Program for wastewater treatment projects.
- Facts About Clean Water Partnership
- Facts About Clean Water Partnership Loans through the State Revolving Fund
- MPCA Financial Assistance Programs Addressing Non-Point Source Water Pollution
Technical assistance
- Fugitive Dust-Control Surface Treatments at Industrial Facilities: Water-Quality Considerations. Outlines some of the water-quality issues to consider when using surface treatments to minimize fugitive dust.
- Closure and Abandonment of Manure Storage Structures
- Facts About Compliance Assistance
- Geomembranes as a Liner for Manure Storage Structures
- Unpermitted Earthen Basins
Basins and watersheds
- Lake Secchi Readings Fact Sheets (from Citizen Lake Monitoring Program)
- North Shore Land Use Issues: The Real Costs of Growth
Sanitary districts
- Facts about MPCA Sanitary Districts Program Wind-Down Plan
- Checklist for a Complete Petition
- Creation of a Sanitary District Under the Provisions of Minn. Stat. 115.18 to 115.21
- Frequently Asked Questions about the Formation of Sanitary Districts Under Minn. Stat. 115.18 to 115.37
- Regional Wastewater Treatment: Sanitary Districts and Cooperative Agreements
Stormwater fact sheets
- Fact Sheets for the Storm Water Program for Construction Activity
- Fact Sheets for the Storm Water Program for Industrial Activity
- Fact Sheets for the Storm Water Program for Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems
Legal issues
Program information
- Citizens' Guide to Monitoring of Surface Waters
- General Feedlot Program Information
- Nitrates in Minnesota's Ground Water
- Peat Operations and Environmental Protection. Reviews water-quality concerns and planning considerations, and MPCA permitting for peat excavation activities in Minnesota.
- Overview of Underground Disposal Control Program (7/99) [8-01]
- Disposal of Industrial Wastewater and Alternatives (7/99) [8-02]
- Holding Tanks for Liquid Waste (7/99) [8-03]
- Car Wash and Vehicle Maintenance Facilities (7/99) [8-04]
- Swimming Pool and Hot Tub Water Discharges Best Management Practices
