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Water

Water shortages and problems around Minnesota — and the country — have many wondering what is the true cost of clean and reliable water. This reporting is supported in part by The Water Main, a project of American Public Media.

Should Minnesota try to attract more water-intensive companies?

Should Minnesota try to attract more water-intensive companies?

“Charles Fishman thinks Minnesota should sell its water. No, not the way that you might be thinking, in a pipeline from Lake Superior to someplace in the desert like Las Vegas. But as an asset, to water-intensive industries like microchip makers, and on one big condition – that they give the water back in the…
by Michael Olson

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In Cold Spring, it's trout vs Lost Trout in tension over water and beer

In Cold Spring, it's trout vs Lost Trout in tension over water and beer

For more than a century the brewery in Cold Spring has drawn increasing amounts of water for its operations from a nearby trout stream. But the state says it's time to stop, so the hunt is on for a new source of water. That's proving difficult.
by Jennifer Vogel

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Water scarcity presents opportunity for Minnesota companies

Water scarcity presents opportunity for Minnesota companies

Although concerns about sustainable water use is usually considered a problem, they also can present a business opportunity. That’s the topic for a “water technology summit” the state Department of Employment and Economic Development is holding on Tuesday.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Even in region with abundant water, residents turn to bottles and try to conserve

Even in region with abundant water, residents turn to bottles and try to conserve

Southeastern Minnesota has plentiful groundwater sources, but the geology in the region makes some of those sources vulnerable to contamination. So cities deal with the challenge by looking for clean water and urging conservation.
by Elizabeth Baier

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Wild rice study reveals more questions for state officials

Wild rice study reveals more questions for state officials

Three years after the Legislature ordered a study on how a key pollutant affects wild rice, state officials said more questions remain about whether and how Minnesota water quality standards should change.
by Elizabeth Dunbar and Dan Kraker

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EPA reverses itself on iron facility pollution

EPA reverses itself on iron facility pollution

In a notice filed Monday in federal court, EPA officials said they were voluntarily vacating the agency's approval in December 2012 of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's variance for Mesabi Nugget, which produces iron pellets at a plant near Hoyt Lakes. The EPA instead plans to reject the variance, the filing said.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Are you confident the proposed PolyMet mine would avoid polluting Minnesota’s water?

Are you confident the proposed PolyMet mine would avoid polluting Minnesota’s water?

“[The] DNR has described a mine that functions perfectly, exactly as intended, that has no problems whatsoever…but they don’t explore scenarios in which something goes wrong.” — Kathryn Hoffman, an attorney for the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy “Minnesotans have until Thursday to comment on the environmental analysis of the proposed PolyMet mine, a huge…
by Michael Olson

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PolyMet copper-nickel mining in Minnesota

PolyMet copper-nickel mining in Minnesota

PolyMet Mining wants to mine copper, nickel and precious metals for 20 years at a site located just north of Hoyt Lakes in the Superior National Forest. The NorthMet Deposit is part of what is known as the Duluth Complex, which stretches from about 150 miles north of Duluth all the way to the Canadian border.

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