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Major report documents extent of Minnesota nitrate pollution
Nitrate – much of it from fertilizers applied to farmland – pollutes many Minnesota rivers and streams and contributes to the oxygen-depleted “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico, a … Read more
Court rules in wetlands case
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled unconstitutional a Florida conservation district’s demand that a landowner take substantial steps to mitigate the loss of wetlands the owner planned to develop. The … Read more
L.A. plans huge groundwater clean-up
The Los Angeles water utility plans to spend $600 million to $800 million to clean up groundwater contaminated by industrial pollution in the San Fernando Basin, a federal Superfund site. … Read more
Nutrient credits eyed in Pa.
Read an interesting article from Pennsylvania about a proposal for the state to sponsor long-term, large-scale nutrient-credit trading to help clean up Chesapeake Bay. The article is from Lancaster-ONLINE, published … Read more
Phoenix curbs water use
Arid Phoenix leads the way on some water conservation measures, says a New York Times article published this week. Read about what the city is doing, and not doing, to … Read more
Freshwater Society in the news
Read a Star Tribune article on Master Water Stewards, the partnership between the Freshwater Society and the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District. The program, supported by a Clean Water Fund grant, … Read more
Clean Water Accountability Act
The Minnesota Legislature this year enacted a package of law changes directing the Pollution Control Agency and the Board of Water and Soil Resources to be more specific and targeted … Read more
Don't miss the June 6 lecture
It’s not too late. You can still join us for a free public lecture Thursday, June 6, on the impact of groundwater on surface waters. Don Rosenberry, a U.S. Geological … Read more
Water shortages — In Kansas and China
Today’s New York Times has a compelling article on big drops in water levels in the High Plains Aquifer that farmers rely on for irrigation in a huge swath of … Read more
Chemicals taint Minnesota lakes, rivers
Two new studies released by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency confirm that a wide variety of unregulated chemicals – from insect repellants to cocaine and prescription medicines — are ending … Read more