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Grant opportunity for community public water supply systems
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
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
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
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
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
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
Apply now to get your water project on the Project Priority List
If your city or sanitary district has a wastewater, storm water or drinking water project for which you plan to seek state funding, the first step is getting the project listed on the state’s Project Priority List. The deadline for [...] Read more
State report reveals details on need for water infrastructure funding
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) released its latest report on the biennial Water Infrastructure Needs Survey (WINS). Communities across the state identified more than 1,050 future wastewater and sewer projects over the next year that will cost $4.99 [...] Read more
Judge rejects MPCA’s proposed wild rice sulfate rule
On Thursday, the Office of Administrative Hearings issued its order and findings on the proposed Wild Rice Sulfate Rule, rejecting the proposal by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA). We are pleased that the order incorporated many of the arguments [...] Read more
Public notices and requests for comments
The MPCA issued a joint notice of the comment period for the 2018 Draft Impaired Waters List and revisions to portions of the Statewide Mercury TMDL. You can read more about both items here[...] Read more