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Initial screening information for a contaminant of emerging concern, Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid.
The fines stem from a release of sediment-laden water into a county ditch, and subsequent failures to notify, repair, and report on the incident.
Financial assistance for SSTS work is targeted to units of local government.
Nitrogen management plans help operators of wastewater treatment facilities understand the inputs of nitrogen to their facilities and evaluate options that can reduce the amount of nitrogen discharged.
The MPCA is committed to engaging broadly with the public and ensuring that residents affected by its decisions have a voice in its processes.
Northshore Mining Company has applied for updated wastewater and air quality permits for its Silver Bay taconite processing plant and Mile Post 7 tailings basin.
Long-term lake management considers the unique environmental, cultural, and biological factors affecting the lake and sets a priority on finding lasting solutions.
While hundreds of fish kills occur in Minnesota every year, mostly in lakes and ponds, fish kills on trout streams in southeast Minnesota are much less common.
In most of Minnesota’s livestock-dense counties, feedlot oversight is a cooperative effort between the MPCA and county government.
State and community leaders visited Faribault and Northfield to observe Minnesota climate resiliency efforts in action.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) sample and test fish in bodies of water where known pollution issues may be a concern for human health through fish consumption.
State government agencies, in collaboration with local partners, are leading trailblazing work to protect Minnesotans from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) pollution.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is committed to ensuring that every Minnesotan has healthy air, sustainable lands, clean water, and a better climate.
Whether they are called sloughs, swamps, bogs, or potholes, these are all wetlands and they provide many environmental benefits and contribute to watershed health. Though Minnesota has lost almost half of its wetland acreage over time, the quality of the remaining wetlands is good overall.
The MPCA has actively been developing methods and building capacity to improve our ability to monitor and assess wetlands to protect and restore them.
Requirements for discharges from a project site and/or management control site(s).
Industrial stormwater steps to compliance Step 6: Meet requirements
Solving the problem of oversalted sidewalks is elementary!
Image Stormwater has an enormous impact on water quality in Minnesota, whether it's runoff from farm fields or from urban hardscapes. Rain and snow…
A training and certification program for evaluating aquatic life in Minnesota’s rivers and streams.