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New Brighton asks judge to make Army keep paying for water cleanup

Elizabeth DunbarElizabeth Dunbar May 21, 2014, 5:22 PM May 21, 2014
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New Brighton officials are asking a judge to make the U.S. Army keep paying to treat groundwater it contaminated years ago. The treated water supplies both New Brighton and neighboring Fridley with drinking water. Read more →

Water

6 things to know about not letting stormwater just run down the street

Dave PetersDave Peters May 21, 2014, 2:43 PM May 21, 2014
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Six things to know from an online chat with Ali Elhassan and Brian Davis at the Metropolitan Council Read more →

Water

Discussion: How important is stormwater reuse?

Michael OlsonMichael Olson May 20, 2014, 8:49 AM May 20, 2014
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Metropolitan Council stormwater reuse experts Ali Elhassan and Brian Davis will join MPR News Wednesday at noon to take your questions about making better use of stormwater. As concerns increase about how much water Minnesotans are pumping out of the ground for domestic, agricultural, industrial and other uses, one idea that can reduce that pressure Read more →

Water

Water costs rise, consumer bills vary widely by city

Dave PetersDave Peters May 12, 2014, 7:00 AM May 12, 2014
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Water rates have been rising all over the country, but they vary widely from one city to another. Minneapolis is in the middle of the pack; St. Paul falls into the lower third of cities when it comes to the price of water. Read more →

Water

White Bear Lake doc deals with more than water level

Dave PetersDave Peters May 9, 2014, 4:15 PM May 9, 2014
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A White Bear Township resident has created a 27-minute documentary on the shrinking White Bear Lake and the larger water conservation issue it invokes. Read more →

Water

Across rural Minnesota, water woes threaten to choke small town growth

Dave PetersDave Peters April 16, 2014, 7:00 AM Apr 16, 2014
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A rural Minnesota research group is suggesting that water availability is becoming an economic bottleneck and that development is being threatened by a need to re-build water and sewage systems around the state. Read more →

Water

Drinking from a limestone quarry in Burnsville and Savage

Dave PetersDave Peters April 15, 2014, 7:00 AM Apr 15, 2014
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Burnsville and Savage find a water solution that preserves a sensitive environmental area and gives some assurance for a long-time supply of drinking water. Read more →

Water

What would you do with $1 million to spend on water?

Dave PetersDave Peters April 12, 2014, 11:22 AM Apr 12, 2014
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A symposium on water in Minneapolis ended with the question, what would you do with a million dollars to spend on water in Minnesota? It got three different answers that had something in common. Read more →

Water

5 facts every Minnesotan should know about groundwater based irrigation

Michael OlsonMichael Olson April 10, 2014, 1:54 PM Apr 10, 2014
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Five takeaways from an online chat about groundwater, irrigation and how everyone can find someone else who’s wasting water. Read more →

Water

Senate approves tougher water permit rules for DNR

Dave PetersDave Peters April 9, 2014, 1:57 PM Apr 9, 2014
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The Minnesota Senate approved legislation that would give the Department of Natural Resources more authority to fine irrigators and others who use large amounts of groundwater without a permit. Read more →

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