2021 wastewater training calendar now available
The wastewater training calendar for the first half of 2021 is available on the Wastewater Operators Training and Certification webpage. The 2021 training calendar is announcing only the first six months of the year in order to stay flexible and [...] Read more
Regulatory alert: Triennial Standards Review and Class 3 & 4 waters rulemaking recap
The past few months have been very active for rulemakings. First and foremost, the Class 3 & 4 water quality standards are currently under review by Administrative Law Judge Eric Lipman. MESERB, as well as a number of our member [...] Read more
Apply to host a GreenCorps member
Minnesota GreenCorps is an environmentally focused AmeriCorps program coordinated by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. The program places members with organizations throughout the state to spend a year of service addressing critical environmental issues while gaining experience and learning valuable [...] Read more
MPCA unveils ‘PFAS Blueprint’
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) Commissioner Laura Bishop, along with state legislators, state agency leaders and community advocates, recently shared Minnesota’s PFAS Blueprint – a statewide strategy to prevent, manage and clean up PFAS contamination.
State agencies have developed a [...] Read more
MESERB members encouraged to submit comments on Class 3 & 4 rulemaking
For several years, MESERB has been actively advocating for the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to update its woefully outdated Class 3 & 4 water quality standards. The current standards are based on outdated science and have resulted in permit limits [...] Read more
Apply for water infrastructure funding
The first step a city needs to take to become eligible for state funding for water or wastewater infrastructure is to apply to get its proposed project on one of two state infrastructure project priority lists, either the Project Priority [...] Read more
MPCA offers free certification training on smart salting for parking lots & sidewalks
Information from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency:
The Minnesota MS4 General Permit was reissued on Nov. 16, 2020, which includes new requirements for reducing chloride pollution. Some notable requirements include:
- Public outreach and education about the environmental impacts posed by
Upcoming phrase of COVID-19 vaccine rollout may include wastewater operators
Information from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency:
Minnesota is currently vaccinating frontline health care workers and residents of long-term care facilities against COVID-19 (known as phase 1a of the vaccine rollout) and anticipates that phase of vaccinations to take through [...] Read more