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Regional Groundwater Profiles

Groundwater profiles were created in October 1995 for nine regions in Minnesota. The profiles identify needs projected over a five- to ten-year time frame, and summarize the following information:

Hydrogeology
Groundwater quantity issues
Groundwater quality issues
Additional groundwater information needed
Desired actions to protect the regions' groundwater

These groundwater profiles were developed by the Interagency groundwater Coordination Group, comprised of members from seven state and federal government agencies.

Regional groundwater profiles

Arrowhead Region (gwp-arrowhead) — Carlton, Cook, Lake and St. Louis Counties
Central Sands Region (gwp-centralsands) — Benton, Cass, Crow Wing, Hubbard, Morrison, Stearns, Todd and Wadena Counties
Greater Metro Region (gwp-greatermetro) — Anoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin, Isanti, Ramsey, Scott, Sherburne, Washington and Wright Counties
North Woods Region (gwp-northwoods) Airkin, Beltrami, Clearwater, Itasca, Kanabec, Koochiching, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Mille Lacs and Pine Counties
Red River Valley Region (gwp-redriver) — Clay, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau and Wilkin Counties
South Central Region (gwp-southcentral) — Blue Earth, Faribault, LeSueur, Martin, Nicollet, Waseca and Watonwan Counties
Southeast Region (gwp-southeast) — Dodge, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Rice, Steele, Wabasha and Winona Counties
Southwest Region (gwp-southwest) — Brown, Cottonwood, Jackson, Lac Qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Redwood, Rock and Yellow Medicine Counties
West Central Region (gwp-westcentral) — Becker, Big Stone, Chippewa, Douglas, Grant, Kandiyohi, McLeod, Meeker, Otter Tail, Pope, Renville, Sibley, Stevens, Swift and Traverse Counties

More information

For additional information about groundwater or these groundwater profiles, contact any of the following organizations, which comprise the Interagency Ground Water Coordination Group: