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The Lower St. Croix Watershed covers 585,735 acres and is located in northwest Wisconsin and east-central Minnesota.
Instructions for preparing for and completing the online exam for underground storage tank operator certification.
Some Minnesota companies are helping expand the use of recycled materials in the state, thanks to market development grants from the MPCA.
Carba, a Minnesota-based company focused on carbon-capture technology, took home the MPCA’s Green and Sustainable Chemistry Prize at the 2023 MN Cup
Nitrogen, like phosphorus, is a nutrient that pollutes in state waters, and its concentration in many rivers has been increasing from historic natural levels over time due to human influences.…
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)’s draft wastewater permit for the 3M facility at Cottage Grove adds new water quality protections for the Mississippi River and improves accountability through monitoring and reporting requirements. The draft permit is one of the most rigorous in state history and mandates the removal of certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to levels below detection.
MPCA and the Minnesota Department of Health continue to sample private residential wells, municipal wells, and non-community public wells (e.g., small businesses, churches, schools) in the East Metro area for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
Water softeners produce much of the chloride that pollutes Minnesota’s waters. An MPCA grant aims to reduce that pollution with water softener replacement rebate programs.
ECSWC is applying for a 10-year permit to add MSW capacity to its currently permitted landfill near Mora while conducting environmental review for the unpermitted areas of its landfill expansion.
The Two Rivers Watershed is part of the Red River Basin in northwestern Minnesota. Two Rivers actually consists of three branches: the North, Middle, and South Branch.
In 2023, Minnesota saw more air quality alerts covering more days than ever before. Smoke from Canadian wildfires throughout the summer caused many of the alerts, though climate change is playing a growing role in Minnesota's air quality.
A TMDL to address E. coli aquatic recreation impairments in five main-stem reaches of the Minnesota River.
The MPCA will establish a pilot program providing financial assistance to eligible applicants for the purchase of landscaping and snow-removal equipment powered exclusively by electricity.
Ask the MPCA features questions Minnesotans have asked us, on the issues the agency works on, from waste disposal, water and air quality, and chemicals in products to recycling and reuse,…
The MPCA closed 118 enforcement cases for water quality, air quality, waste, stormwater, and wastewater violations in the second half of 2023.
Image Air quality is expected to reach the orange AQI category in northwestern Minnesota, which is unhealthy for sensitive groups.The Minnesota…
Help your school get a recycling program organized and operating successfully.
The MPCA tested for PFAS in groundwater at 102 of the 111 sites in the Closed Landfill Program and found that 98% of the assessed facilities have PFAS contamination.
Requirements for discharges from a project site and/or management control site(s).
“Area C” is the name given to Ford Motor Company’s former industrial waste dump on the floodplain of the Mississippi River, at the base of the bluff below the former Twin Cities Assembly Plant in Saint Paul.