Groundwater – Page 4 – East Metro Water

Research on Costs for New Water Supplies Highlights Importance of Conservation

By: angiehongmn April 13, 2017

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Building a water treatment plant on the St. Croix or Mississippi River would cost $68-184.9 million, depending on where the plant is located and how many communities it serves.

Smart Salting – Save Money, Do Good

By: angiehongmn December 29, 2016

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Many homeowners and most businesses use way more salt than necessary. In reality, a relatively light dusting with about 3-inches of space between each granule of salt is enough to melt ice effectively without wasting salt.

Washington County Embarks on New Business Partnership to Save Money and Reduce Water Use

By: angiehongmn December 5, 2016

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Washington County is reaching out to area businesses with an offer they can’t refuse – cut costs while protecting local water supplies. The outreach effort, conducted in partnership with the Minnesota Technical Assistance Program (MnTap) at the University of Minnesota includes two components: 1) Free, in-depth water efficiency consultations, conducted by MnTAP engineering staff; and…

Now Serving…Water

By: angiehongmn August 4, 2016

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Step right up folks! Welcome to the one, the only, “Water Bar,” where the only thing we’re serving every day is water. Good evening, ma’am – beautiful day to be at the Washington County Fair, is it not? Would you care to try a sample of one of our locally sourced waters today? This one…

Protecting the Water We Drink

By: angiehongmn June 29, 2016

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There are many places where groundwater is already contaminated due to industry and agriculture, leaving even less of an already precious resource available to us.

Salting the Earth

By: angiehongmn December 21, 2015November 29, 2018

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Throughout history, pouring salt on the land has symbolized a curse not only for current inhabitants, but also for future generations.

Drinking dinosaur pee

By: angiehongmn December 7, 2015

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The aquifers that supply 70% of Minnesotans with drinking water are becoming depleted, the Met Council warns, and many lakes, streams and wetlands are already suffering as a result.

Saving up from a rainy day

By: angiehongmn August 25, 2015

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Collecting and saving rainwater for later use is a practice that used to be common, back when Old Cottage Grove was just plain Cottage Grove.

Underground water

By: angiehongmn February 10, 2015

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Video footage from a temporary well built in Afton State Park showed water shooting out of a horizontal fault in one of the bedrock layers and then rushing downward toward a deeper level aquifer.