Judge upholds decision disapproving proposed rules for wild rice waters
In January, a state administrative law judge disapproved the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s proposed repeal of the existing 10 mg/L sulfate standard and proposed adoption of a new equation based standard. On March 28, the MPCA responded to the judge’s [...] Read more
Seeking nominations for Northern Representative spot on MESERB Executive Committee
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
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
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