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Profile of Karl Scheuer, a volunteer with the MPCA's Volunteer Water Monitoring Program
Waterways in the northeastern part of the state are generally in better condition than those in the southern, central, and western regions.
Online tool showing Minnesota waters failing to meet one or more water quality standards.
Surface water assessment grants (SWAG) provide local organizations and citizen volunteers with funds to complete the monitoring needed to meet assessment requirements on Minnesota lakes and streams. Assessment is usually the first step in protecting or restoring surface waters.
A new facility that will process organic materials through anaerobic digesters in Shakopee.
Clean Water Partnership loans help local units of government fund projects that protect and restore water quality in lakes, streams, and groundwater aquifers.
Water scientists from the MPCA published four watershed reports in 2025, updating the data we need to keep Minnesota’s waters clean and protected.
Industrial stormwater steps to compliance Step 6: Meet requirements
Three committees are accountable to and advise the full Clean Water Council. Meetings are scheduled and open to the public.
Project began construction in October 2022 without a stormwater permit or a stormwater pollution prevention plan, and failed to install erosion and sediment controls at a pond and wetland improvement site near Finlayson, Minn.
Cities fined over $12,000 apiece for municipal wastewater violations
MPCA investigators say West Fraser paid a fine of $15,775 for air permit violations at their facility in Solway.
MPCA permits are required to both build and operate landfills in Minnesota.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) today released an environmental assessment worksheet (EAW) for a new facility proposed by Dem-Con that will process organic materials through anaerobic digesters at its environmental campus in Shakopee, Minnesota.
Implementing water quality standards come with tangible costs and benefits. Costs such as taxes to residents, regulated parties, and communities help achieve benefits such as increased property values, tourism, and protecting human health.
Requirements for discharges from a project site and/or management control site(s).
Intense storms of late spring can wash soil and other pollutants into rivers. Producers can use several techniques to protect their soil and water quality.
Image Although Minnesota is rich in lakes and streams, Lake Superior is easily the most spectacular waterbody in Minnesota. Despite its immense size…
The MPCA provides technical assistance and training to help permitted facilities and regulated communities meet environmental requirements. The agency works cooperatively with permitted facilities to…
Elk River Landfill, Inc. proposes to expand its existing municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill near Elk River.