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Bins and containers play a crucial role in your recycling program. Using consistent labels and bins will help to increase participation and decrease contamination. Put recycling bins next to every…

Financing is available for public entities in Minnesota to expand or improve stormwater infrastructure.

Guidance for submitting data to MPCA Remediation Division programs: Superfund, Site Assessment, Petroleum Remediation, Brownfields, RCRA Remediation, Closed Landfill, and Integrated Remediation.

Cleaner water is taking hold across Minnesota this Earth Day as farmers and communities scale up solutions that protect rivers, strengthen soil, and build resilience from headwaters to downstream lakes.

The Minnesota River - Headwaters Watershed covers 487,015 acres in the Prairie Parkland ecoregion of southwestern Minnesota. Portions of Traverse, Big Stone, Swift, Lac qui Parle, Stevens, and Chippewa counties drain the watershed.

The Long Prairie River Watershed covers approximately 565,078 acres and is located in the central part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin in central Minnesota. The watershed encompasses parts of Douglas, Otter Tail, Todd, Morrison and Wadena counties.

A cumulative impacts analysis provides a comprehensive look at all burdens that affect a community or neighborhood.

The Mississippi River - Brainerd Watershed covers over 1 million acres in the north-central part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin in central Minnesota. The watershed encompasses all or parts of Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Morrison, and Todd counties.

Minnesota continues to reduce industrial and transportation air pollutants that have the highest potential health risks. Investment in clean air for all Minnesotans is a top priority for the MPCA and Governor Walz.

The MPCA library provides access to the agency's curated collection of environmental information for agency employees, external professionals, and the public.

Grants to replace heavy-duty diesel vehicles with electric or other, cleaner fuel options.

MPCA offers Climate Resilience Planning grants, with a listing of previous grant winners

The MPCA had approximately $1.89 million available to install EV direct current fast-charging stations in public places.

The MPCA solicited project proposals to distribute $1.6 million for climate planning projects to communities across Minnesota.

Protecting and restoring water quality is one of the MPCA's core areas of focus.

The MPCA sought project proposals to distribute $1.1 million in grants for climate planning projects to small communities with populations of less than 10,000. 

MPCA is opening the rule that regulates about 17,000 animal feedlots.

Pretreatment by commercial facilities and other non-domestic wastewater sources removes harmful pollutants before the wastewater is discharged to a municipal sewer system. The U.S. EPA has delegated MPCA the authority to approve pretreatment programs at the local level and oversee statewide pretreatment activities.

Ready-to-run meteorological data suitable for AERMOD.

The Minnesota portion of the Roseau River watershed covers 774,197 acres; an additional 594,560 acres are across the U.S. border in Canada.