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The MPCA is committed to engaging broadly with the public and ensuring that residents affected by its decisions have a voice in its processes.
This feature summarizes findings from four WRAPS reports in 2024: Root River, Mississippi River-St. Cloud, Pomme de Terre River, and Mississippi River-Lake Pepin Tributaries.
A TMDL addressing excess bacteria in 22 stream reaches and protection strategies for 29 stream and river reaches in the Upper Mississippi River watershed.
Every two years, MPCA creates a list of impaired waters in the state that do not meet water quality standards.
A new $75,000 grant from the MPCA will help the U of M’s Forever Green Initiative make camelina a viable crop for sustainable aviation fuel.
Within the three major watersheds that cover the Twin Cities area, there are 33 smaller watersheds managed by their own watershed district or watershed management organization.
Industrial Stormwater Steps to Compliance Step 4: Create SWPPP, choose BMPs
After many years of investigation, design work and construction, the Great Lakes Legacy Act remediation projects at these sites near Duluth, Minnesota, are complete.
The MPCA's chloride reduction program assists communities and organizations across Minnesota in identifying sources of chloride.
Northern Iron operates an iron foundry in an environmental justice area in Saint Paul's Payne-Phalen neighborhood.
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).
Air quality dispersion modeling uses a computer model to estimate air pollution concentrations from regulated facilities and other sources of pollution.
Industrial Stormwater Steps to Compliance - Step 5: Gather application materials before applying, use the e-Service to apply or modify coverage
State government agencies, in collaboration with local partners, are leading trailblazing work to protect Minnesotans from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) pollution.
A project to address excess sediment and turbidity in the Mississippi River, from Fort Snelling at St. Paul to upper Lake Pepin at Red Wing, based on a site-specific standard developed by the MPCA and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
Increasing organics collection and processing infrastructure is necessary to meet statewide recycling goals
Proposed changes to permits that regulate the state’s largest animal feedlots target nitrate pollution statewide.
Community wastewater treatment facilities and their operators play a critical role in maintaining a health community and preserving and protecting our waters.
Composting your Halloween jack-o'-lantern is a good way to keep it out of the landfill. So is giving it to a local farmer.
The Minnesota Nutrient Reduction Strategy (NRS) compiles the latest science, research, and data and recommends the most effective strategies to reduce nutrients in our waters from both point and nonpoint sources.