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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.

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.

Well Water Nitrate Testing Clinics – May 6 and 8

By: angiehongmn April 16, 2013

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Counter intuitively, solutions to other common water pollution problems – boiling, softening and filtration – do nothing to reduce nitrate levels and, in fact, boiling can actually increase nitrate concentrations.