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To prevent food waste at its veterans homes, the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs used a $185,000 MPCA grant to purchase new meal-ordering technology.
Minnesotans are encouraged to share feedback through Nov. 9, 2025
Removing of an old dam and restoring a creek's curves are improving habitat and water quality in the Pomme de Terre River Watershed.
Gas-powered landscaping and snow removal equipment is bad for the environment. Battery-powered equipment has a lot of benefits.
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.
Forms and guidance for local partners submitting surface water data, QA/QC information and progress reports to MPCA.
Pretreatment by commercial facilities and other non-domestic wastewater sources removes harmful pollutants before the wastewater is discharged to a municipal sewer system. The U.S. EPA has delegated MPCA the authority to approve pretreatment programs at the local level and oversee statewide pretreatment activities.
BMPs required to manage the slurry to comply with Minnesota statute and agency rules to protect water quality.
The MPCA 401 certification fills a unique niche in protecting water quality by applying state water quality standards to projects.
When leaves fall on streets, sidewalks, and other hardscapes in urban areas, they wash into the storm drains and end up in lakes and rivers where they feed algae growth. The algae then decomposes and uses up oxygen that fish and native plants need.
The MPCA added three sites to the state’s priority list of contaminated sites that need further investigation and cleanup under Minnesota’s Superfund law.
State agencies, counties, municipalities, nonprofit organizations, and many others are engaged in protecting Minnesota lakes.
Projects will reduce the amount of waste entering landfills, benefiting the environment and local economies.
New MPCA report monitors PFAS sources and movement, provides direction for preventing and managing PFAS pollution.
Industrial stormwater steps to compliance Step 6: Meet requirements
The MPCA monitors and assesses lakes around the state to determine if they meet water quality standards.
EPA awards Minnesota $200 million in Climate Pollution Reduction Grants
The Otter Tail River Watershed encompasses three different ecoregions, covering more than 1.2 million acres in west-central Minnesota.
Profile of John Weiss, a volunteer with the MPCA's Volunteer Water Monitoring Program
Residential wood burning has been increasing in Minnesota, both for home heating and recreation.