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

During a residential construction project in Franklin Township in 2024, Capstone Homes and Arnt Construction failed to properly manage construction stormwater activities.

The MPCA works with city and county governments, watershed districts, consultants, and others on monitoring, protecting, and restoring water quality. This is a repository of guidance and technical resources for agency partners.

Helping Minnesota businesses comply with environmental rules, reduce wastes and emissions, and reduce regulatory obligations.

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

$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).

Technical assistance to small, rural, and Tribal wastewater facilities

The MPCA created a statewide inventory of streams that have been hydrologically modified: channelized, ditched, or impounded

With all the talk about health these days, consider the health of the soil beneath your feet. Farmers in western Minnesota are doing just that, teaming up to improve soil health.

Find sustainable products for your business with these helpful certification and labeling systems.

Complying with the MS4 general permit

The MPCA strives to ensure all people in Minnesota have clean air, regardless of where they live or work.

Volunteer water monitors collect valuable data used by agencies and organizations across the state to protect and manage Minnesota’s waters.

The MPCA fined Zippel Bay Resort $37,800 for a number of violations stemming from the operation of an unregistered gas tank that leaked gasoline into Lake of the Woods.

MPCA sought proposals from qualified responders for a contract conducting a waste characterization study evaluating the types of materials generated and discarded in Minnesota and their relative prominence in Minnesota’s waste streams.

Industrial Stormwater Steps to Compliance - Step 3: Facilities requiring permit coverage must assess for pollutants at the facility

MPCA plans to amend existing Minnesota Rules governing permits and solid waste landfills (chapters 7001 and 7035).

The northeast region of Minnesota is home to the state’s metallic mining industry. The "Iron Range" has a history of iron ore (“ferrous”) mining dating back to the late 1800s and includes the large…

MPCA's recommended review criteria for wastewater treatment facilities that need to perform system maintenance that requires approval to bypass untreated or partially treated domestic wastewater.

Minnesota has revised state water quality standards to incorporate a tiered aquatic life use (TALU) framework for rivers and streams.