EPA to hold NutrientSmart webinar
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has created NutrientSmark, or “NSmart,” a proposed voluntary program to help water resource recovery facilities and their watershed partners progress toward reducing nutrients in bodies of water. The EPA’s Office of Water and the [...] Read more
MESERB’s impact shows in MPCA annual report
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has released its annual legislative report on municipal NPDES permitting and water quality standards. There is always useful information in this report, and we recommend that all MESERB members review it. If you [...] Read more
Save the date! MESERB annual meeting to be held June 6
This year’s annual membership meeting will be held in Fergus Falls on Thursday, June 6, 2019. We are still in the process of setting the full agenda, but we encourage you to put the date on your calendar. The meeting [...] Read more
Update: MPCA now receiving reports, submittals electronically
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) is now receiving most reports and submittals electronically from wastewater treatment facilities with National Pollutant Discharge Elimination (NPDES)/State Disposal System (SDS) permits. These permits require certain reports and water quality (WQ) submittals
The majority [...] Read more
Minnesota needs you (to serve on a commission or board)!
Governor Tim Walz and Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan recently highlighted the open seats on state boards and councils. Greater Minnesota needs representation on these councils, so we encourage you to review the list and see if any are a fit [...] Read more
Legislature considers fix on PFA funding
Last fall, a group of nine environmental organizations filed a lawsuit last fall challenging the sale of $98 million in appropriation bonds authorized in the 2018 bonding bill, effectively stopping the sale of those bonds. Included the $98 million in [...] Read more
Governor’s Task Force on Wild Rice releases final report
Earlier this month, the Governor’s Task Force on Wild Rice released its final report of recommendations on maintaining and protecting Minnesota’s wild rice plants and waters. The final report lists a host of recommendations for preservation of wild rice, as [...] Read more
Funding recommendations include projects in several MESERB member cities
In December, the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR) voted to recommend 68 projects for funding to the 2019 Minnesota Legislature, including several projects in MESERB member cities:
- Fairmont: $175,000 to build experimental treatment system to reduce nitrates in its