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Ground Level

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Tag: irrigation

Water

Shifting rain could be lowering groundwater

Dave PetersDave Peters October 28, 2014, 11:14 AM Oct 28, 2014
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New satellite data shows a decline in Minnesota’s groundwater supplies and one scientist suggests a reason in addition to irrigation pumping might be that rain is falling at different times. Read more →

Water

11 ways to use less water on your lawn

Elizabeth DunbarElizabeth Dunbar July 10, 2014, 3:57 PM Jul 10, 2014
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Minnesotans are becoming more aware of the pressure on the state’s groundwater resources. Here are 11 ways to use less water on your lawn. 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 →

Water

How we did the irrigation well permit story

Dave PetersDave Peters April 7, 2014, 4:00 AM Apr 7, 2014
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How MPR News found hundreds of irrigation wells pumping groundwater without a required state permit. Read more →

Water

Lawmakers discuss giving DNR tighter grip on irrigation, industrial water use

Elizabeth DunbarElizabeth Dunbar March 4, 2014, 2:54 PM Mar 4, 2014
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A Department of Natural Resources request for a bigger stick to deal with irrigators and other big water users who violate permit requirements has run into both backing and criticism at the Legislature. Read more →

Why would a farmer drain land and irrigate it?

Dave PetersDave Peters February 27, 2014, 11:42 AM Feb 27, 2014
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The short answer is he or she doesn’t very often. • Beneath the Surface: Minnesota’s Pending Groundwater Challenge To a number of questioners in the Public Insight Network, it seems an anomaly that Minnesota experiences two things that seem contradictory: a lot of irrigation and a lot of land drained to dry it out. A Read more →

Water

In west central Minnesota, ‘I thought water was limitless’

Dave PetersDave Peters February 19, 2014, 10:43 AM Feb 19, 2014
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Farmers in west central Minnesota have real reasons to conserve water. Read more →

Water

The science of water, fertilizer and the perfect potato

Dan Gunderson February 13, 2014, 2:00 PM Feb 13, 2014
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Growing a perfect potato depends on the right amount of water and fertilizer, and growers are trying to figure out how to use just the right amount. Read more →

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