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The Minnesota Nutrient Reduction Strategy (NRS) compiles the latest science, research, and data and recommends the most effective strategies to reduce nutrients in our waters from both point and nonpoint sources.
Guidance and recommendations for local officials dealing with public health issues related to blue-green algae.
The MPCA monitors water quality in rivers and streams is several different ways around the state.
Minnesota state agencies and local governments are working together to protect drinking water supplies.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has issued an air quality alert for east central, north central, northwest, and northeast Minnesota. The alert takes effect 1 p.m. on Saturday, July 19, and runs until 9 a.m. on Monday, July 21. Air quality is expected to reach the red AQI category, which is unhealthy for everyone.
We Are Water MN travels to Stillwater to focus on the St. Croix River, featuring artwork by painter Kami Mendlik.
Sandy and Jay Boss Febbo shared their story as part of We Are Water MN, a traveling exhibit and community engagement program that explores Minnesotans’ relationships with water.
The MPCA studies, monitors, and regulates numerous water pollutants to protect human health and the environment. At the state level, three agencies share the monitoring and control of pollutants:the…
The Cottonwood River is located in southwestern Minnesota in the counties of Brown, Cottonwood, Lyon, Murray, and Redwood. It begins near Balaton in southwest Lyon County.
The MPCA intends to repeal Minnesota Rules, parts 7023.0150, 7023.0200, 7023.0250, and 7023.0300 relating to Clean Cars Minnesota (CCM).
Question and answer session with Lisa Weidemann, a community affairs specialist with the MPCA, about her work with the agency.
The Rock River watershed covers more than 1 million acres in Rock, Nobles, Pipestone and Murray counties in southwestern Minnesota. It is the largest of the four watersheds in Minnesota that are part of the Missouri River Basin, extending south into Iowa.
What is the blue-green scum that looks like spilled paint?In lakes that are over-enriched with phosphorus and nitrogen, algae tend to prosper and create algae blooms. Blue-green algae and one type in…
Are pets affected by poor air quality? Will wearing a mask help when I’m outside? What is particulate pollution? We’ve got the answers.
State Superfund sites are listed on the Minnesota Permanent List of Priorities (PLP) primarily in order to access funding when responsible parties are unwilling or unable to conduct the necessary site investigation and cleanup.
Northern Iron operates an iron foundry in an environmental justice area in Saint Paul's Payne-Phalen neighborhood.
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are a group of chemicals that can vaporize into air. VOCs are in thousands of daily use products, including paint, varnish, wax, and various cleaning, degreasing,…
Image Air quality is expected to reach the orange AQI category for much of Minnesota, which is unhealthy for sensitive groupsThe Minnesota Pollution…
The air quality alert issued by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) remains in effect until noon on Wednesday, June 4. Fine particle levels are expected to reach the red air quality index (AQI) category, a level considered unhealthy for everyone, across east central, southeast, and northeast Minnesota.
Volunteers across Minnesota’s 87 counties have been collecting pine needles from coniferous trees in their neighborhoods to help the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency better understand how to protect Minnesotans from PFAS pollution.