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We come from the stars Nibi Walks: A prayer for the water
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.
The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe has hosted five MN GreenCorps members to help install solar panels and electric vehicle charges, promote food sovereignty, and more.
Across the state, water softeners contribute significantly to chloride pollution. Here’s how to make sure your water softener isn’t sending excess salt into the environment
The MPCA uses the Environmental Quality Information System (EQuIS) to store water quality data from more than 17,000 Minnesota sampling locations.
In Minnesota, commercial entities that produce any amount of hazardous waste are regulated as hazardous-waste "generators."
Smart Salting is a suite of techniques that minimize the environmental and economic impacts of chloride while still meeting public needs.
A successful cleanup of contaminated land along the Cedar River in Austin caps a long history of industrial pollution.
Help your school get a recycling program organized and operating successfully.
MPCA seeks public comment on two draft industrial wastewater permits for U.S. Steel Corp.’s Keetac mining area and tailings basin in Keewatin, Minnesota. These permits will improve protections for wild rice waters and human health.
Many industrial by-products are good candidates for land application based on their nutrient content.
What is the blue-green scum that looks like spilled paint?In lakes that are over-enriched with phosphorus and nitrogen, algae tend to prosper and create algae blooms. Blue-green algae and one type in…
The MPCA solicited project proposals to distribute $10 million to communities for projects to prepare local wastewater infrastructure for the impacts of climate change. These projects are specifically meant to protect water quality and increase resilience.
Improving water quality in Lake George has required treating phosphorus in the water and filtering pollutants out of urban stormwater.
Image Although Minnesota is rich in lakes and streams, Lake Superior is easily the most spectacular waterbody in Minnesota. Despite its immense size…
To help you quickly determine whether this permit affects you, what your requirements are, and what to do next, the MPCA has developed an Applicability flow chart
We Are Water MN travels to Chisago County, where Dawn White has served as an educator and policy team member focused on preserving waters.
A watershed is the area of land where all of the water that drains off of it goes into the same place — a river, stream or lake.
An index of biological integrity (IBI) is a particularly powerful tool that provides an accurate measure of the condition of the biological communities and are a direct determinant of the attainment of aquatic life uses.
The U.S. EPA approved Minnesota's Statewide Mercury Total Maximum Daily Load study in March 2007.