Search
A water quality variance is a temporary change in a state's water quality standard for a specific pollutant and its relevant criteria, allowing deviation from meeting a water quality-based effluent limit for a particular discharger.
MPCA permits are required to both build and operate landfills in Minnesota.
Healthy land and soil is essential for thriving Minnesota communities. It drives economic development and opportunity, improves our health, and contributes to clean water for drinking and recreation…
Protecting and restoring water quality is one of the MPCA's core areas of focus.
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.
Community wastewater treatment facilities and their operators play a critical role in maintaining a health community and preserving and protecting our waters.
Robyn Dwight is the 2024 winner of the Community Conservationist Award given by the Minnesota Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts and MPCA. She helped expand Keep It Clean, which keeps garbage off lake ice.
Fire departments are often the first responders to incidents that include spills of hazardous substance.
James Wooton puts his scuba diving skills to work monitoring for aquatic invasive species in Otter Tail County lakes.
Information will support the phase out of nonessential use of “forever chemicals” in Minnesota
The Minnesota Repair Project is one of several initiatives that received a grant from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency aimed at reducing waste and boosting reuse across the state.
State will begin engagement next month on an updated framework set to be released in 2025
First of a series of MPCA staff profiles. Kevin Stroom conducts research on streams and has published a report about Straight River.
Dairy will pay a fine and take corrective steps for improperly discharging industrial waste into a city curb and gutter stormwater system in Nicollet County.
A new planning effort in northwest Minnesota takes a basin-wide approach to reducing the state's phosphorous contributions to the Red River, and to Canada's Lake Winnipeg.
Throughout her life, Jen Widmer has felt a deep connection to wetlands. As a child, she played broomball on the ice of a wetland near her home. She once attempted swimming in the wetland but was…
Information about the work to clean up the pollution from over 100 years of unregulated development and industrial practices.
Profile of Karl Scheuer, a volunteer with the MPCA's Volunteer Water Monitoring Program
For related studies and Technical Advisory Team meeting notes, visit this document sharing site.
MPCA online services give users online access to apply for permits and licenses, submit required information, and pay fees and invoices.