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With all the talk about health these days, consider the health of the soil beneath your feet. Farmers in western Minnesota are doing just that, teaming up to improve soil health.

Owners/operators of construction activity must complete several steps before completing a permit application and beginning construction. These steps also help owners/operators determine their eligibility for coverage under the general permit.

Groundwater is not a static thing, but moves around in the layers of rock and soil beneath our feet. How does this affect the work to treat contaminated groundwater and protect drinking water?

In karst landscapes, the distinction between groundwater and surface water is blurry.

MPCA keeps its public data easily accessible for convenient use.

Spring is the time for awakening gardens from their slumber and cleaning up the yard. It’s also a good time to start thinking about a backyard compost pile. Here’s how to build one that’ll enhance soil health and that your neighbors won’t mind.

The MPCA has released the draft 2025 Minnesota Nutrient Reduction Strategy for public review and comment.

Forms and guidance for local partners submitting surface water data, QA/QC information and progress reports to MPCA.

MPCA rules govern how septic systems are designed, installed, and managed.

The MPCA is leading multiple initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector.

Minnesota has revised state water quality standards to incorporate a tiered aquatic life use (TALU) framework for rivers and streams.

Minnesotans are encouraged to share feedback through Nov. 9, 2025

Minnesota industrial facilities that are required to submit Form R reports for Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) chemicals under the state and federal Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (…

The triennial standards review offers every Minnesotan the opportunity to comment on essentially every water quality standard the agency defines to protect the waters that they drink, swim in, and fish from.

Industrial Stormwater Steps to Compliance - Step 3: Facilities requiring permit coverage must assess for pollutants at the facility

In Minnesota, commercial entities that produce any amount of hazardous waste are regulated as hazardous-waste "generators."

This feature summarizes findings from four WRAPS reports in 2024: Root River, Mississippi River-St. Cloud, Pomme de Terre River, and Mississippi River-Lake Pepin Tributaries.

Learn what you can do to protect yourself and your community from environmental problems caused by flooding.

Disposing of wastes from a natural disaster or large fire

We Are Water next visits Ely April 24 through June 16.