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Environmental information and permits that affect wood-finishing industries.
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,…
Join the celebration! We look forward to highlighting Minnesota’s clean water successes and invite you to use our 50th anniversary art and branded graphics.
The Watershed Pollutant Load Monitoring Network (WPLMN) is a partnership that collects data on water quality and flow in Minnesota.
“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.
Answers to frequently asked questions about compliance and MPCA's enforcement of environmental rules in Minnesota.
The Mississippi River - Brainerd Watershed covers over 1 million acres in the north-central part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin in central Minnesota. The watershed encompasses all or parts of Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Morrison, and Todd counties.
A watershed is the area of land where all of the water that drains off of it goes into the same place — a river, stream or lake.
Researchers collect samples of sediment from the bottom of Lake of the Woods in 2024. (Photo courtesy of St. Croix Watershed Research Station) After years of study…
Find out whether your feedlot needs to register, to get an environmental review, or apply for a permit.
The Red River of the North - Marsh River Watershed is part of the Red River Basin in northwestern Minnesota and southeastern North Dakota.
This page provides assistance for local units of government with development and implementation of their SSTS program.
Environmental information and permits that affect metal fabrication and finishing businesses.
Partnerships and diversified funding drive the work to restore water quality in impaired streams in the Red Lake River Watershed through science-based interventions.
Air sensors are instruments that measure air quality conditions in near real time.
Improving water quality in Lake George has required treating phosphorus in the water and filtering pollutants out of urban stormwater.
The Leech Lake River Watershed consists of approximately 854,659 acres (1,335 sq. miles) in the northern part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin. The watershed includes parts of Beltrami, Cass, and Hubbard counties and the Leech Lake Reservation (Leech Lake Band of Chippewa).
From shorter winter ice seasons to shifting fish populations, climate change is transforming Minnesota lakes as we know them.
EPA awards Minnesota $200 million in Climate Pollution Reduction Grants
The MPCA provides financial and technical assistance to local government and other water resource managers to address nonpoint-source water pollution.