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Discharge monitoring reports

Permits for wastewater treatment require monthly, quarterly, or annual reporting of discharge monitoring results

MPCA, state agencies reveal statewide blueprint to address PFAS

The MPCA has released Minnesota’s PFAS Blueprint — a strategic, coordinated approach developed by multiple agencies to protect families and communities from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).

Land and water conservation leaves a family farm ready for the next generation

The We Are Water MN exhibit at Art in Motion on the Lake Wobegon Trail in Holdingford runs from April 25 through June 17.

Clean Water Act 50th anniversary

Join the celebration! We look forward to highlighting Minnesota’s clean water successes and invite you to use our 50th anniversary art and branded graphics.

Smart Salting training

Smart Salting is a suite of techniques that minimize the environmental and economic impacts of chloride while still meeting public needs.

Step 4: Create SWPPP, choose BMPs

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

On a passed-down boat, Shagawa Lake water monitoring spans generations

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

MS4 general permit

The MPCA issued the most recent municipal stormwater general permit (MNR040000) in November 2020.

MPCA helps retailers and anglers upgrade their fishing tackle to benefit wildlife and human health

The MPCA is offering rebates to small businesses across the state to buy and sell lead-free fishing tackle, part of the state’s Get the Lead Out program

Eco Living — How to start backyard composting

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.

MPCA charts how to prevent and manage PFAS pollution after tracking its movement

New MPCA report monitors PFAS sources and movement, provides direction for preventing and managing PFAS pollution.

With an MPCA grant, Reuse Minnesota’s mend-it clinics save clothes from the landfill, one stitch at a time

MPCA Environmental Assistance grant program puts spotlight on mend-it clinics and other reuse and waste reduction efforts.

Reducing mercury releases

Minnesota is a national leader in keeping mercury out of the environment.

Former golf course in Baxter becomes new stormwater garden to help the Mississippi

The MPCA gave an environmental award to the Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society, which sold land so it could become a watershed wetland in Baxter. The project is being finalized in summer 2024.

A love of place and home motivates scientific inquiry into Leech Lake's wild rice

We Are Water MN travels to Leech Lake, where Raining White works to protect and restore manoomin, or wild rice.

Machining operation fined $80,000 for air, hazardous waste, and industrial stormwater violations at its five Minnesota facilities

TEAM Industries, with machining operations in Audubon, Bagley, Cambridge, Detroit Lakes, and Park Rapids, paid $80,000 in fines for air, hazardous waste, and industrial stormwater violations.