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Road Salt $hortage
Google “salt shortage” and an array of media stories pop up. MPR’s recent report on the looming road salt shortage and increased prices gives a nice take on the issue. … Read more
Master Water Stewards – taking on stormwater, and winning!
Master Water Stewards are growing in numbers and literally stopping stormwater pollution in it’s tracks. They do this all while reaching out to their communities and giving their neighbors the … Read more
Who's Winging it on Groundwater?
Minnesota spends a lot of time agonizing over our water policy and ways to continually make it better. Our 2013 report on groundwater policy is one such example. It’s not … Read more
Detroit shuts off water of 100,000 people
Our 2013 report on sustainable use of our groundwater supplies makes several references to having safe accessible sources of water for citizens and industries from power to agriculture. The news … Read more
Seeing groundwater from space
Our September 18 Moos lecture will take a look at groundwater supplies from space. (Just think how this would have blown our grandparent’s minds…) The topic has made us a … Read more
MDA elaborates on plan for nitrate rules
Early this month, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture announced that it planned to seek state regulations barring fall applications of nitrogen fertilizer in certain areas of the state. The announcement … Read more
2014 legislative roundup
Early this year, as the 2014 Legislature was coming into session, it didn’t seem that much new law on water was likely to be enacted or much new spending likely … Read more
May 8 premiere set for video on White Bear Lake's decline
A documentary video on the big decline in White Bear Lake’s water level will get its first public airing at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 8. The video – “Where is … Read more
Metro area is overusing groundwater, planner warns
“We can’t preserve our lakes, wetlands, rivers, and streams if we continue to take water out of the ground at the increasing rate that we are. It’s that simple…The notion … Read more
Nitrate pollution still rising
Last week, U.S. Geological Survey scientists provided an update on 30 years of water quality tests that show a continuing increase in nitrate pollution at many points on the Mississippi … Read more