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Septic system owners are responsible for system maintenance. Properly maintaining a septic system will extend its life.
The 2025 MPCA annual report on Brownfields celebrated numerous major achievements cleaning up and rehabilitating polluted properties.
Certain proposed projects — based on their nature, size, location, or other factors — must go through an environmental review before any required permits or approvals are issued.
The Mustinka River begins its course southwest of Fergus Falls in southwestern Otter Tail County and flows toward the south into Grant County, where it continues through Stony Brook Lake and Lightning Lake.
Does it seems like the number of alerts due to wildfires has increased in the past few years? We’ve had 46 air-quality alerts since 2015—34 of those due to wildfire smoke.
The MPCA is working on both short and long-term solutions to the growing waste problems in the Twin Cities metropolitan area.
The MPCA's Petroleum Remediation Program addresses risks to people and the environment from contamination caused by leaking petroleum storage tanks.
One indicator of impairment that puts a stream on the Impaired Waters List is its macroinvertebrate population. Here's how that works.
Removing Middle Lake from the impaired waters list required wrangling with a bottom feeder, the invasive carp.
What is a stormwater catch basin, and should I be worried about it?
The Thief River begins its course in Marshall County at Thief Lake, flowing south/southwest to converge with the Red Lake River.
New MPCA report monitors PFAS sources and movement, provides direction for preventing and managing PFAS pollution.
The Lake Allie wastewater treatment facility will pay more than $13,000 in fines and follow a corrective action plan for violating its wastewater permit in Buffalo Lake, Minn.
Information for cannabis growers and processors to understand environmental regulations and permits that may apply to their businesses.
Warming temperatures and increased rains caused by climate change continue to have real impacts on farms across Minnesota. Our agriculture industry will also play an important role in reducing the amount climate change causing pollution we produce as a state.
The MPCA 401 certification fills a unique niche in protecting water quality by applying state water quality standards to projects.
The MPCA investigates sites where hazardous substances have been or could be released to identify risks and appropriate remediation plans.
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of thousands of human-made chemicals that do not break down over time. PFAS are sometimes called “forever chemicals” due to their extreme…
Following the 2024 legislative session, the MPCA was charged with appointing a 15-member task force to advise the agency on policy and program opportunities that would increase the recovery of critical materials from end-of-life products.
Composting organic waste and compostable products creates a valuable product that improves soil fertility, conserves water, and reduces erosion.