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The MPCA studies Minnesota's solid waste composition and processes to inform policy recommendations, legislative proposals, education and outreach messages, and waste reduction efforts.

MPCA's fish sampling process and why we do it

The MPCA and its many partners collect a wide variety of data on environmental conditions and pollution sources.

The MPCA must complete assessments to gather critical information too inform the development of the EPR program statewide.

Minnesota’s air currently meets all federal air quality standards. However, even levels of air pollution below the standards can affect people’s health, including levels currently found in parts of Minnesota.

Projects will reduce the amount of waste entering landfills, benefiting the environment and local economies.

The Minnesota Retiree Environmental Technical Assistance Program (RETAP) employs skilled, retired professionals to provide facility assessments to small businesses, institutions, and city and county governments in Minnesota.

Technical assistance to small, rural, and Tribal wastewater facilities

All facilities with air permits must submit an annual emissions inventory report to the MPCA that tracks actual emissions of major pollutants at that facility.

A cumulative impacts analysis provides a comprehensive look at all burdens that affect a community or neighborhood.

Financing for wastewater and stormwater projects is available for public entities.

The MPCA uses the Environmental Quality Information System (EQuIS) to store water quality data from more than 17,000 Minnesota sampling locations.

Regular people are pretty good at judging water quality, and new research from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) proves it.

Superfund requires specific investigation and cleanup processes, designates parties that are legally responsible for the cleanup, and provides funds for certain types of cleanups under Minnesota’s Environmental Response and Liability Act (MERLA).

The MPCA had just over $800,000 available to support waste reduction and reuse projects across the state.

Pollutant and runoff maps and data for major watersheds; watershed monitoring and assessment reports.

Kohlman Lake, one of 27 bodies of water to come off the impaired waters list this year, did so with substantial help from the Clean Water Fund.

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

The Clean Water Council was created to advise the Legislature and the governor on the administration and implementation of the 2006 Clean Water Legacy Act

Volunteer water monitors collect valuable data used by agencies and organizations across the state to protect and manage Minnesota’s waters.