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Minnesota is a national leader in keeping mercury out of the environment.
Volunteers can search for a lake or stream site that works for them and sign up to monitor it.
Solid waste facilities may close or terminate their permit depending on the solid waste activities occurring at the site.
This year’s forum will focus on ways to reduce nitrogen in Minnesota’s water, and ways that agricultural and urban partners are working together to improve water quality.
MPCA guidance on petroleum site investigation and remediation, reporting, and more.
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.
Contaminated land creates significant problems for our health, environment, and economy in Minnesota. By cleaning up problem areas and protecting against future contamination, we can make land safe…
Particulate matter (PM) refers to various air particles, including dust, soot, smoke, and liquid droplets that range in size from less than 0.1 microns in diameter (smaller than a single bacterium)…
Permit 2025 Multi-Sector General Permit for Industrial Stormwater (wq-strm3-102g) Effective June 1, 2025 Updates and new…
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) is planning to add sites in New Hope, Saint Paul, and Rochester to the state's Permanent List of Priorities (PLP). Members of the public are invited to provide comments.
Improving water quality in Lake George has required treating phosphorus in the water and filtering pollutants out of urban stormwater.
The MPCA has initiated a declaratory judgement action against the owners of the Freeway Landfill and Freeway Dump in Burnsville to protect the drinking water supply for Burnsville and Savage residents.
The MPCA has developed best practices for vapor intrusion mitigation and public communication work used by the agencies and our contractors.
RoundtableRx is a nonprofit operating the Minnesota Medication Repository Program, which reduces pharmaceutical waste by collecting excess medication for redistribution. The MPCA recently provided a $52,910 grant for education and outreach to help solve the pharmaceutical waste issue in Minnesota.
In collaboration with other state agencies, local governments, and Tribal Nations, the MPCA will distribute $200 million over the next five years to cut climate pollution from our food systems through the climate-smart food systems (CSFS) initiative. A portion of these funds will help farmers across Minnesota adopt climate-friendly practices.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency seeks public comment on a draft industrial wastewater permit that provides various improvements to better protect the environment and human health at Northshore Mining Co.'s taconite processing facility and tailings basin in Silver Bay, Minnesota.
The Lower St. Croix Watershed covers 585,735 acres and is located in northwest Wisconsin and east-central Minnesota.
Profile on Bridging, a Twin Cities based nonprofit that keeps goods with more life out of landfills and that donates them to families in need.
The MPCA is seeking public comment on a draft wastewater permit and accompanying environmental assessment worksheet for a project that combines treatment facilities for five Wright County communities and improves water quality in the Crow River.
One of 12 major watersheds of the Minnesota River Basin, the Watonwan River Watershed covers 878 square miles in south-central Minnesota.