Dave Peters
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 →
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Elizabeth Dunbar
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 →
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 →
Michael Olson
Five takeaways from an online chat about groundwater, irrigation and how everyone can find someone else who’s wasting water. Read more →
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 →
How MPR News found hundreds of irrigation wells pumping groundwater without a required state permit. Read more →
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 →
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 →
Farmers in west central Minnesota have real reasons to conserve water. Read more →
Dan Gunderson
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 →