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Austin's municipal wastewater treatment plant discharged ammonia and fecal coliform over permitted limits into the Cedar River.

Wood waste from trees in the Twin Cities and other urban areas in Minnesota is a growing problem and highlights the need for more efforts to make use of this urban wood.

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

Image Climate change continues to have a destructive impact on Minnesota’s infrastructure, presenting a direct threat to our homes, businesses, roads…

The MPCA had just over $800,000 available to support waste reduction and reuse projects across the state.

Superfund requires specific investigation and cleanup processes, designates parties that are legally responsible for the cleanup, and provides funds for certain types of cleanups under Minnesota’s Environmental Response and Liability Act (MERLA).

Demonstration/research projects (DRPs) allow permittees to explore potential beneficial uses or new methods of solid waste management through a limited-scale project.

Metal recycler in Brainerd constructed and operated a metal shredder without obtaining an air permit and under-reported VOC emissions in 2022.

CAP provides financial and technical assistance to local governments to encourage investment in the proper management of solid waste.

Question and answer session with Addison Otto, a rule coordinator with the MPCA, about her work with the agency and how her hobby farm informs her work.

Cities fined over $12,000 apiece for municipal wastewater violations

The MPCA sought a contractor to lead the effort to identify and replace Tribal members' old wood stoves that are not certified by the U.S. EPA.

Find out what’s being done in Minnesota’s watersheds to protect and improve water quality.

“Area C” is the name given to Ford Motor Company’s former industrial waste dump on the floodplain of the Mississippi River, at the base of the bluff below the former Twin Cities Assembly Plant in Saint Paul.

MPCA investigation in May 2024 found violations related to stormwater at three facilities.

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.

Use these checklists to speed review and approval of wastewater design documents

The MPCA plans to amend Minnesota Rules chapter 7050, which establishes beneficial uses and water quality standards to protect those uses, and designates where the uses occur in waters of the state.

MPCA investigation found stormwater permit violations that occurred during a construction project in 2025, with sediment-laden stormwater entering a stream at a construction site in Chaska.

Minnesota has enacted laws to end avoidable uses of PFAS in Minnesota by 2032.