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CAP provides financial and technical assistance to local governments to encourage investment in the proper management of solid waste.

Eight grant recipients will receive $302,173 for projects that will make the state’s soil healthier and reduce the emission of greenhouse gases. All are focused on composting organic waste in multi-resident housing.

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

The MPCA has announced five grant recipients who will receive a combined total of more than $1 million in grants for projects to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of waste reduction, reuse, recycling, and composting efforts in Greater Minnesota communities.

The Wild Rice River begins its course at Mud Lake in Minnesota's Clearwater County, and flows largely to the west through Norman and Mahnomen counties.

Minnesota GreenCorps member Heidi Blum focused on waste reduction and recycling in Edina, Minnesota.

Areas and communities with SSTS concerns have wastewater treatment methods that are not adequate to protect public health or the environment. Hundreds of small communities around the state have inadequate wastewater systems.

Chloride is a problem for wastewater facilities and stormwater permittees.

MPCA's leadership team.

Resources for the dry cleaning industry

The MPCA investigates sites where hazardous substances have been or could be released to identify risks and appropriate remediation plans.

All facilities with air permits must submit an annual emissions inventory report to the MPCA that tracks actual emissions of major pollutants at that facility.

Data shows that ice cover on Minnesota's lakes doesn't last as long as it used to. That means a shorter ice fishing season, yes, but it also has implications for the environment and Minnesota's fish and wildlife.

Forms and guidance for local partners submitting surface water data, QA/QC information and progress reports to MPCA.

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

Permit  2025 Multi-Sector General Permit for Industrial Stormwater (wq-strm3-102g) Effective June 1, 2025 Updates and new…

This training program focuses on the implementation of best management practices for lawn/turf care maintenance.

Resources for wastewater clients.

In most of Minnesota’s livestock-dense counties, feedlot oversight is a cooperative effort between the MPCA and county government.

State will begin engagement next month on an updated framework set to be released in 2025