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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.

Minnesota Agricultural Water Quality certified farms have added more than 2,000 new conservation practices, including over 110,000 acres of new cover crops that protect Minnesota’s waters.

Protection strategies are crucial to protect water quality of lakes and streams in the watersheds bordering the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in northern Minnesota according to four draft reports by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA).

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

Initial screening information for a contaminant of emerging concern, perfluorooctane sulfonate.

Project proposes remediation of 220,000 cubic yards of contaminated sediment using activated carbon

Superfund sites in Minnesota are listed on the Minnesota Permanent List of Priorities (PLP).

Superfund sites in Minnesota are listed on the Minnesota Permanent List of Priorities (PLP).

Every two years, MPCA creates a list of impaired waters in the state that do not meet water quality standards.

Clean Water Fund dollars come from the Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment that Minnesotans approved in 2008.

Standard operating procedures (SOPs) reflect how agency staff and contracted partners complete agency-funded field activities.

Canby Creek now flows into Del Clark Lake and protects Canby from flooding, while providing outdoor recreation and excellent water quality.

Significant restoration work by organizations in the area have made the south branch of the Buffalo River a water-quality success story.

Improving water quality in Lake George has required treating phosphorus in the water and filtering pollutants out of urban stormwater.