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

Image Stormwater has an enormous impact on water quality in Minnesota, whether it's runoff from farm fields or from urban hardscapes. Rain and snow…

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.

Removing Middle Lake from the impaired waters list required wrangling with a bottom feeder, the invasive carp.

Carver County and Valley Paving Inc. failed to properly install and maintain erosion and sediment controls during a highway safety improvement project in the fall 2022 and spring 2023 near Watertown, Minn. This caused significant erosion and sediment to impact several area surface waters.

The new commercial organics collection will service a 20- to 30-stop route across both Hubbard and Beltrami counties.

Chloride is a problem for wastewater facilities and stormwater permittees.

“Urban wood,” or wood salvaged from cities, suburbs, and towns, is a growing issue in Minnesota because of severe weather, urban expansion, and the emerald ash borer. Rather than burning the trees as waste, a preferred option for dealing with urban wood involves creating durable wood products like furniture, building materials, and wooden décor.

When temperatures climb, conditions are ripe for Minnesota lakes to produce algae blooms, some of which can be harmful to pets and humans.

Kohlman Lake, one of 27 bodies of water to come off the impaired waters list this year, did so with substantial help from the Clean Water Fund.

Community wastewater treatment facilities and their operators play a critical role in maintaining a health community and preserving and protecting our waters.

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

Resources developed by the Minnesota Department of Health and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to help you spread the word about how Minnesota will reduce “forever chemicals” through Amara’s Law.

A new planning effort in northwest Minnesota takes a basin-wide approach to reducing the state's phosphorous contributions to the Red River, and to Canada's Lake Winnipeg.

The North Fork Crow River Watershed covers 949,107 acres.

Profile of John Weiss, a volunteer with the MPCA's Volunteer Water Monitoring Program

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

A TMDL to address E. coli aquatic recreation impairments in five main-stem reaches of the Minnesota River.

Vapor intrusion occurs when chemical vapors migrate from contaminated groundwater through the soil into the basements or foundations of buildings.

The triennial standards review (TSR) gives the public a formal opportunity to provide wide-ranging comments about water quality standards.