The MPCA is collaborating with the Midwest Assistance Program, Minnesota Rural Water, and the Minnesota Technical Assistance Program to provide outreach technical assistance to small, rural, and Tribal wastewater facilities. This work is made possible by funding from the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
Technical assistance available
Permit support:
- electronic discharge monitoring report (eDMR) submittal
- sampling and analytical questions
- permitting questions
Lift station calibration
Clean Water Revolving Fund applications and public processes:
- preliminary engineering report (PER) submittal
- project scoring
Pollutant identification and management plans:
- nitrogen
- phosphorus
- per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
Other assistance:
- technical, managerial, and financial capacity (TMF)
- technical evaluations of facility operation
- process optimization
- climate resiliency
- energy efficiency
- rate studies
- standard operating procedures
- emergency response plans
- site sampling plans