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Why not just fill up White Bear Lake from one of the rivers?

Why not just fill up White Bear Lake from one of the rivers?

The city of White Bear Lake last week was allowed to join the defense in the lawsuit over the level of the lake, a reminder that the case is simmering along as a mediator tries to help forge an agreement. • Beneath the Surface: Minnesota’s Pending Groundwater Challenge Homeowners and businesses near the shrunken lake Read more →
by Dave Peters

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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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Health facilities could use more local food than schools

Health facilities could use more local food than schools

Two studies in northwestern Minnesota show the health care institutions can be a bigger market for local food than schools but that so far most producers of specialty crops prefer to stick with direct sales like farmers markets.
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Lawmakers discuss giving DNR tighter grip on irrigation, industrial water use

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.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Why would a farmer drain land and irrigate it?

Why would a farmer drain land and irrigate it?

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 →
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