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MPCA established a network of long-term biological monitoring stations that represent a variety of stream types in their most natural condition.

Environmental information and resources for the aggregate industry.

Information about the work to clean up the pollution from over 100 years of unregulated development and industrial practices.

Funds are available for watershed projects that protect, enhance and restore the surface waters of the state.

Permits for wastewater treatment require monthly, quarterly, or annual reporting of discharge monitoring results

The MPCA closed 173 enforcement cases for water quality, air quality, waste, stormwater, and wastewater violations in the first half of 2023.

Homeowners association’s wastewater treatment plant in Elk River pays civil penalty for discharges of pollutants into an impaired water body.

In 2010, the MPCA began receiving public inquiries about projects to mine silica sand for use in hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” a drilling method used for natural gas and oil wells.

Apply for the 2025-2026 Minnesota GreenCorps program and spend a year working on environmental issues and making a difference in communities around the state.

Cleanup and recovery from a natural disaster depends on local units of government to guide and direct residents to ensure the effective and efficient disposal of wastes in accordance with statutes, rules, and guidelines.

Improper land application led to manure-contaminated runoff draining into a ditch and stream, causing potential for harm to aquatic life.

Louisiana-Pacific has been fined $15,775 for stormwater and wetland violations according to a Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) enforcement investigation. Louisiana-Pacific operates a wood-board manufacturing facility in Two Harbors, Minnesota.

Details on Minnesota state contracts with businesses that provide environmental emergency response services.