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The MPCA had $800,000 in grant funding to help businesses, nonprofits, schools, and local governments with projects that use recyclable materials or process recyclable material into a higher value material.

Industrial Stormwater Steps to Compliance Step 4: Create SWPPP, choose BMPs

Residential wood burning has been increasing in Minnesota, both for home heating and recreation.

$5.5 million grant from the U.S. EPA will help three Minnesota school districts partially electrify their bus fleets.

Don't let your septic system freeze. Here are some simple tips that can help you avoid costly problems with your septic system.

Across the state, water softeners contribute significantly to chloride pollution. Here’s how to make sure your water softener isn’t sending excess salt into the environment

From the days when raw sewage flowed into rivers and lakes, Minnesota’s water bodies have come a long way. However, there is still work to be done in the restoration and protection of our waters.

MPCA evaluates water quality by measuring and monitoring the health of fish, macroinvertebrates, and plants.

Salt is commonly over-applied, sending too much chloride into our waterways and wreaking havoc on fish and other wildlife.

With 100 days until a law aimed at removing PFAS from consumer products goes into effect, state leaders celebrate three Minnesota-based companies already offering goods made without PFAS.

$4.85 million to run community air monitoring projects in the 7-county Metropolitan Area (counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington).

Profile of Karl Scheuer, a volunteer with the MPCA's Volunteer Water Monitoring Program

What to consider when cold weather has you looking into home weatherization projects

Businesses like grocery, liquor, and convenience stores depend on refrigeration systems. Some of these systems, however, can prove expensive to operate and harmful to the environment.

To make electric school buses more affordable to school districts, the MPCA started a grant program that puts more of the cleaner buses on routes across the state.

Finding ways to keep stormwater on land and let it soak into the ground can lessen the negative effects on water quality from stormwater.

Profile of Julia Dady, a volunteer water monitor for Battle Creek in Saint Paul.

Answers to common questions about the Construction Stormwater Permit application

Septic tanks must be registered in Minnesota to ensure they are watertight and have adequate structural integrity.

Four watershed scientists had an article published in LakeLine magazine. They report on 20 years of success getting lakes cleaned up.