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Seeking nominations for Northern Representative spot on MESERB Executive Committee

by MESERB Communications • April 11, 2018

MESERB currently has a vacancy on our Executive Committee for a Northern Representative as Steve Mattson from Grand Rapids Public Utilities is stepping down. The other Northern Representatives are currently Marianne Bohren from Western Lake Superior Sanitary District and Matthew [...] Read more

Spring Legislative Update

by MESERB Communications • April 6, 2018

The Legislature is on Easter/Passover break this week, but next week begins the fast and furious final six weeks of session. A number of bills are moving through the Legislature that could impact MESERB members.  The following list summarizes the [...] Read more

Grant opportunity for community public water supply systems

by MESERB Communications • April 2, 2018

The Minnesota Department of Health has announced the availability of grants of up to $10,000 for community Public Water Systems. The grants are for source water protection activities that focus on managing or eliminating sources of contamination. The application period [...] Read more

Report outlines next steps for making reuse a bigger part of state’s water use plans

by MESERB Communications • March 23, 2018

The interagency work group on water reuse has released its report on safe and sustainable water reuse. The work group defined successful water reuse, collected information on current water reuse projects in Minnesota and other states and jurisdictions, and [...] Read more

Save the date! MESERB Annual Meeting to be held June 28

by MESERB Communications • March 19, 2018

MESERB members, mark your calendars! Our annual meeting has been scheduled for Thursday, June 28 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in Willmar. We will send out more details, an agenda and registration packet to members in the next few [...] Read more

Apply for a Source Water Protection Plan Implementation grant

by MESERB Communications • March 2, 2018

The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) has announced the availability of grant funding to support the implementation of source water protection plans. Grants are available to community and nontransient noncommunity public water supply systems who have an MDH-approved Wellhead Protection [...] Read more

Governor Dayton releases new water quality report

by MESERB Communications • February 26, 2018

Governor Mark Dayton held a press conference on Feb. 21 to release a report developed from what his agencies and staff learned through a series of town hall meetings that were had across the state last year. The high-level report [...] Read more

Funding available to reduce non-point water pollution

by MESERB Communications • February 12, 2018

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) recently announced that approximately $1.4 million will be available for Federal Clean Water Act Section 319 grants for projects that seek to reduce non-point-source pollution in Minnesota’s waters. Projects must be located in a [...] Read more